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Re: Should we add GUCs to allow partition pruning to be disabled?

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, David Rowley <david.rowley@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-05-10T17:51:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
David G. Johnston wrote:

> ​Seems like if it stays the name is good - but at this point no has voiced
> opposition to removing it and making the name a moot point.

If we think the probability of bugs is 0%, then I'm all for removing it.
I don't.  I vote to remove the GUC in a couple of releases, once it's
proven completely useless.

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Álvaro Herrera                https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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Commits

  1. Tweak partitioning documentation wording

  2. docs: Rework sections on partition pruning/exclusion

  3. Add GUC enable_partition_pruning