On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 14:38, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: >> Is there any reason why the setting synchronize_seqscans is in the >> section "version/platform compatibility" in postgresql.conf? Is it >> just because nobody could find a better place for it? ;) It seems a >> bit wrong to me... > > Presumably the thought was that you would turn it off to restore that > existed in older versions of PostgreSQL. Doesn't seem much different > from default_with_oids or lo_compat_privileges.
Seems very different to me - those change *what* happens when you do certain things. sync_seqscans is just a performance tuning option, no? It doesn't actually change the semantics of any operations... -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
