Re: PREPARE and GUC plan_cache_mode

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 12:05:07PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Our current docs have this text for PREPARE:
> >        Prepared statements can use generic plans rather than re-planning
> >        with each set of supplied EXECUTE values. This occurs immediately
> >        for prepared statements with no parameters; otherwise it occurs
> >        only after five or more executions produce plans whose estimated
> >        cost average (including planning overhead) is more expensive than
> >        the generic plan cost estimate. Once a generic plan is chosen, it
> >        is used for the remaining lifetime of the prepared statement. Using
> >        EXECUTE values which are rare in columns with many duplicates can
> >        generate custom plans that are so much cheaper than the generic
> >        plan, even after adding planning overhead, that the generic plan
> >        might never be used.
> 
> > There is no mention that PG 12's plan_cache_mode can modify this
> > behavior.  I think this needs a doc patch.
> 
> Yeah, agreed.  I can do it, or do you want to?

Uh, I am feeling I can't do anything with the tree until Friday because
of the PG 12 packaging, right?

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