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Re: Shouldn't we have a way to avoid "risky" plans? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Shouldn't we have a way to avoid "risky" plans?
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In response to Re: Shouldn't we have a way to avoid "risky" plans?  (Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Shouldn't we have a way to avoid "risky" plans?  (Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>)
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On 3/23/11 10:35 AM, Claudio Freire wrote:
>  *  consider plan bailout: execute a tempting plan, if it takes too
> long or its effective cost raises well above the expected cost, bail
> to a safer plan

That would actually solve this particular case.  It would still require
us to have some definition of "safer" though.

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