Re: limit-offset different result sets with same query - Mailing list pgsql-general

Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, we went over this on the spanish list, turned out that I couldn't
>> remember about syncscan :-)

> I like the new behavior.  It really encourages proper use of order by,
> because the natural ordering results are effectively randomized.  A
> class of subtle bugs has been made obvious.  :)

Not really, because the syncscan behavior only kicks in when your table
gets large ... you'll never see it during devel testing on toy tables ...

            regards, tom lane