On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 10:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The following patch implements a fairly light set of timing statements > > aimed at understanding external sort performance. There is no attempt to > > alter the algorithms. > > What do people think about putting something like this into 8.1? > Strictly speaking it's a new feature, but the patch seems pretty > noninvasive, and we'd be much more likely to get data points if the > code exists in the mainline release than if people have to patch > their copies. > > > postgres=# set debug_sort=true; > > I'm a bit inclined to call it trace_sort instead, and to document it > under "Developer Options". Comments?
Sounds good to me. Any other requests for info in the trace output.... shout now Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
