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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Script to compute randon page cost
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Msg-id 11069.1031586410@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Script to compute randon page cost  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> Assuming it's giving out correct information, there seems to be a lot of
> evidence for dropping the default random_page_cost to 1...

The fact that a lot of people are reporting numbers below 1 is
sufficient evidence that the script is broken.  A value below 1
is physically impossible.
        regards, tom lane

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