On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Peter Geoghegan <p...@heroku.com> wrote: >> I would like more opinions on the multipass_warning message. I can >> write a patch that creates a new system view, detailing how sort were >> completed, if there is demand. > > I think a warning message is a terrible idea, and a system view is a > needless complication. If the patch is as fast or faster than what we > have now in all cases, then we should adopt it (assuming it's also > correct and well-commented and all that other good stuff). If it's > not, then we need to analyze the cases where it's slower and decide > whether they are significant enough to care about.
Maybe I was mistaken to link the idea to this patch, but I think it (or something involving a view) is a good idea. I linked it to the patch because the patch makes it slightly more important than before. -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
