Thomas Lockhart wrote: > > ... > > I'm of a belief that *eventually* we really can take enough of the > > variables into consideration for planning the best query every time. I > > didn't say it was gunna be soon, nor easy though. > > I agree. But I'd like to eliminate the optimizer variability which > depends solely on the syntactical differences between traditional and > "join syntax" inner join queries. If the reason for these differences > are to allow explicit control over join order, let's get another > mechanism for doing that.
Ok. I see what you mean now. That makes more sense. :) + Justin > - Thomas -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html