"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> I really think that a GUC named "max_parallel_workers", which in fact >>> limits the number of workers and not something else, is the way to go.
> If going this route I'd still rather add the word "assisting" > or "additional" directly into the guc name so the need to read the docs to > determine inclusive or exclusive of the leader is alleviated. Dunno, "max_assisting_parallel_workers" seems awfully wordy and not remarkably clearer. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers