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Re: EXPLAIN BUFFERS

Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2009-12-10T15:52:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Robert Haas wrote:
> I don't think IO is a terrible name for an option but I like BUFFERS
> better.  I don't think the BUFFERS/BLOCKS confusion is too bad, but
> perhaps we could use BUFFERS in both places.
>   
I don't know how "blocks" got into here in the first place--this concept 
is "buffers" just about everywhere else already, right?

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