Re: Using Bitmap scan instead of Seq scan - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Using Bitmap scan instead of Seq scan
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Msg-id 14303.1297709641@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Using Bitmap scan instead of Seq scan  (Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@jamponi.net>)
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Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@jamponi.net> writes:
> Does this suggest that the config items "disable_seqscan" (and friends)
> should be renamed to "avoid_seqscan" ?

Some of them actually are disable, some are only avoid.  The
documentation says which is which, but I don't think creating a
distinction at the naming level would be helpful (especially since
the planner's behavior has been known to change from time to time).

            regards, tom lane

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