At 20:17 26/10/00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>Possibly the optimizer should always assume that cursors ought to
>be optimized for fast start, LIMIT or no LIMIT --- does that seem
>like a good idea to you?
>
No to me; I'd vote for an 'OPTIMIZE FOR FAST START' phrase ahead of always
doing a fast start. It also seems natural that a LIMIT clause should (a)
limit the results in all cases and (b) be used by the optimiser in such a
way that it *considers* a fast start approach more carefully.
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