On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> So: exactly what is the intended behavioral change as of now, and what >>> is the argument supporting that change? > >> IIUC, this is the result of countless rounds of communal bikeshedding around: > > Quite :-(. But I'm not sure where the merry-go-round stopped. > >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-07/msg01256.php > > Please notice that the very terms of discussion in that message depend > on a view of wCTEs that has got nothing to do with what was applied. > I'm afraid that the goals of this patch might be similarly obsolete.
No, I don't think so. IIUC, the problem is that EXPLAIN ANALYZE runs the rewrite products with different snapshot handling than the regular execution path. So in theory you could turn on auto_explain and have the semantics of your queries change. That would be Bad. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers