"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FWIW this is a hard problem; Oracle is the only database I know of > that's tackled it.
It seems fair to point out that this is the tradeoff you must buy into when using PREPARE. You can have a query plan that is tailored to the specific parameter value you supply, or you can have a generic query plan. The tailored plan will cost you planning time; the generic plan will save you planning time; but there's no free lunch. If your table statistics are such that you really need different plans for different parameter values, then you shouldn't be using PREPARE. I do not think this is a database bug --- it looks more like DBA misuse of the available tools. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])