Re: gprof SELECT COUNT(*) results - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: gprof SELECT COUNT(*) results
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Msg-id 20108.1133046811@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: gprof SELECT COUNT(*) results  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>>> ...and for emphasis: this optimization of SeqScans is not possible with
>>> any other database system, so its a big win for PostgreSQL.

> Why is it spin to call it a big win?

I didn't say it wasn't a big win; it was the first part of the sentence
that bothered me.  Without a lot more knowledge of the internals of the
commercial DBMSes than I think is public, you can't say whether this is
possible/useful/relevant for them.
        regards, tom lane


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