Re: GUCs to control abbreviated sort keys

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: GUCs to control abbreviated sort keys
Date: 2023-01-26 21:39:30
Message-ID: b6f86f00-4cb3-ea20-67a1-a1de94061a24@enterprisedb.com
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On 25.01.23 22:16, Jeff Davis wrote:
> I am highlighting this case because the existence of a single non-
> contrived case or regression suggests that we may want to explore
> further and tweak heuristics. That's quite natural when the heuristics
> are based on a complex dependency like a collation provider. The
> sort_abbreviated_keys GUC makes that kind of exploration and tweaking a
> lot easier.

Maybe an easier way to enable or disable it in the source code with a
#define would serve this. Making it a GUC right away seems a bit
heavy-handed. Further exploration and tweaking might well require
further source code changes, so relying on a source code level toggle
would seem appropriate.

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