Re: Mini improvement: statement_cost_limit - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Treat
Subject Re: Mini improvement: statement_cost_limit
Date
Msg-id 200808041712.17627.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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In response to Re: Mini improvement: statement_cost_limit  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Monday 04 August 2008 16:49:43 Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 14:35 -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Monday 04 August 2008 03:50:40 daveg wrote:
> >
> > And you'll note, I specifically said that a crude tool is better than
> > nothing. But your completely ignoring that a crude tool can often
> > end-up as a foot-gun once relased into the wild.
>
> The proposal is for an option with no consequences when turned off. We
> respect your right not to use it. What is the danger exactly?
>

All of the proposals I have seen for adding query hints would also have no 
consequence if not used, but no one seems to care about that argument. 

:-)

-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL


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