Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF569FB3B6 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:37:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 73565-04 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:37:48 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D219FA6B2 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:37:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9CGbkXt011367; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:37:46 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jim C. Nasby" cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Hints proposal In-reply-to: <20061012162525.GF28647@nasby.net> References: <20061012151439.GT28647@nasby.net> <10866.1160667752@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061012162525.GF28647@nasby.net> Comments: In-reply-to "Jim C. Nasby" message dated "Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:25:25 -0500" Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:37:46 -0400 Message-ID: <11366.1160671066@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.09 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200610/673 X-Sequence-Number: 92570 "Jim C. Nasby" writes: > Yes, but as I mentioned the idea here was to come up with something that > is (hopefully) easy to define and implement. In other words, something > that should be doable for 8.3. Sorry, but that is not anywhere on my list of criteria for an important feature. Having to live with a quick-and-dirty design for the foreseeable future is an ugly prospect --- and anything that puts hints into application code is going to lock us down to supporting it forever. regards, tom lane