"Guillaume Smet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It was my first idea but I didn't propose it as it's really a > different thing IMHO. enable_* variables don't change the way > PostgreSQL really does the job as synchronize_scans (or whatever the > name will be) does. > And it's not very consistent with the other GUC variables (most of > them could have "enable" in their name) but we limited the usage of > enable_* to planner variables. I don't know if it's on purpose though.
Yeah, it is a more or less deliberate policy to use enable_ only for planner control variables, which this one certainly isn't. I seem to recall an argument also that prefixing enable_ is just noise; it doesn't add anything to your understanding of what the variable does. So far I think "synchronize_seqscans" is the best proposal. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend