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Re: index-only scans

Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres@cybertec.at>

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From: PostgreSQL - Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres@cybertec.at>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-10-11T14:07:06Z
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  1. Reduce the alignment requirement of type "name" from int to char, and arrange

On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> 
> On 10/07/2011 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Robert Haas<robertmhaas@gmail.com>  writes:
>>> Please find attached a patch implementing a basic version of
>>> index-only scans.
>> 
>> I'm making some progress with this, but I notice what seems like a
>> missing feature: there needs to be a way to turn it off.  Otherwise
>> performance comparisons will be difficult to impossible.
>> 
>> The most obvious solution is a planner control GUC, perhaps
>> "enable_indexonlyscan".  Anyone object, or want to bikeshed the name?
> 
> enable_onlyindexscan
> 
> I'm kidding.
> 
> +1 on Tom's proposed name.


+1 ...
definitely an important thing to do.

	regards,

		hans

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