Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Folks, how can we entertain ideas that would break SELECT * and
> > no-column-list INSERTs for a small performance boost? If there was no
> > other way to get the performance boost, and the features was rarely
> > used, we might consider such a change, but neither is true in this case.
> >
> > My point is that this proposal is so far away from our acceptable
> > criteria that I am worried about how people are analyzing proposals.
> >
> >
>
> In Simon's defense, I think we need to feel free to brainstorm a bit,
> and propose things that might seem odd. There are plenty of cool heads
> around to shoot down bad ideas, but we'll only make progress by
> cherry-picking the good ideas. If one out of ten of my ideas is useful I
> think I'm doing really well.
Agreed. I just wanted to make sure we still have the same criteria. The
fact the proposal was explored just got me worried. I will go back to
not worrying. ;-)
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