Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> >> - Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) accelerate space reuse for UPDATEs
> >> change to
> >> "Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) improve performance of frequent UPDATEs"
> >>
> >
> > I used the original text because it tries to explain _how_ HOT improves
> > performance. The item that has the descriptive text explains how the
> > space reuse works. A generic "improve performance" doesn't seem like an
> > improvement.
> >
> >
> >
> I still think this needs to be qualified either way. As it stands it's
> quite misleading. Many update scenarios will not benefit one whit from
> HOT updates.
Doesn't the detail description qualify it enought? The heading isn't
suppose to have all the information or it would be unreadable.
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