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From: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
To: Ben <bench@silentmedia.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: quickly getting the top N rows
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:35:46 -0500
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On 10/4/07, Ben <bench@silentmedia.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > You're being about as clear as mud here, except that you obviously lied
> > about what you were doing in your first message.  If you have a planner
> > problem, show us the *exact* query, the *exact* table definition, and
> > unfaked EXPLAIN ANALYZE output.
>
> I didn't realize that simplification was viewed as so sinister, but
> thanks, I'll remember that in the future.

It's not sinister, it's counterproductive and wastes people's time.

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