On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On 10/07/2011 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Haas<robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Please find attached a patch implementing a basic version of >>> index-only scans. >> >> I'm making some progress with this, but I notice what seems like a >> missing feature: there needs to be a way to turn it off. Otherwise >> performance comparisons will be difficult to impossible. >> >> The most obvious solution is a planner control GUC, perhaps >> "enable_indexonlyscan". Anyone object, or want to bikeshed the name? > > enable_onlyindexscan > > I'm kidding. > > +1 on Tom's proposed name.
+1 ... definitely an important thing to do. regards, hans -- Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH Gröhrmühlgasse 26 A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria Web: http://www.postgresql-support.de -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers