> Certainly having a choice about configuring them would be a good > addition in itself, e.g for data warehousing use the hint bits can be a > considerable impediment so the *ability* to not have them would be a > huge advantage.
Would need to be a restart option, no? Regarding the contention which Tom expects: the extra load on the CLOG would be 100% reads, no? If it's *all* reads, why would we have any more contention than we have now? -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers