Re: EXPLAIN IndexOnlyScan shows disabled when enable_indexonlyscan=on

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-10-23T00:50:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 at 14:46, David G. Johnston
> <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We should probably at least improve the documentation in 19.17.1; this
> interaction is apparently not self-evident.
>
> Yeah, I agree. The documentation could better reflect the current
> behaviour.
>
> Do you want to submit that in patch form?
>
>
Went with a slightly different wording that seems to flow better with the
xrefs I added between the two options.

David J.

Commits

  1. Doc: clarify enable_indexscan=off also disabled Index Only Scans