On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 02:39:17AM +0100, Stefan Keller wrote: > Referring to the application is something you can always say - but > shouldn't prevent on enhancing Postgres.
With respect, that sounds like a sideways version of, "You should optimise for $usecase". You could be right, but I think the judgement of the Postgres developers has generally been that special cases are not the mainline case. And indeed, given the specifics of the use case you're outlining, it's as much a demonstration of that evaluation as a repudiation of it. I don't think there's any evidence that the Postgres developers ignore useful optimisations. What you're arguing is that the optimisation you have in mind isn't covered. What you need is an argument that it is generally useful. Otherwise, the right thing to do is get a specialised tool (which might be a special optimisation of the Postgres code). Best, A -- Andrew Sullivan a...@crankycanuck.ca -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
