Re: Why we don't want hints Was: Slow count(*) again...

Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Shaun Thomas wrote:
>> Hilariously, I'm not so sure that's what the OP wanted. 
> 
> Someone to blame as a scapegoat for why his badly planned project
> had failed.  I've done several Oracle conversions before, and
> never met someone who was so resistent to doing the right things
> for such a conversion.  You have to relatively flexible in your
> thinking to work with the good and away from the bad parts of
> PostgreSQL for such a project to succeed.  I didn't hear a whole
> lot of "flexible" in that discussion.
 
I was thinking along the same lines, but couldn't find the words to
put it so politely, so I held back.  Still biting my tongue, but I
appreciate your milder summary.
 
-Kevin