On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> Please find attached a patch implementing a basic version of >> index-only scans. > > I'm making some progress with this, but I notice what seems like a > missing feature: there needs to be a way to turn it off. Otherwise > performance comparisons will be difficult to impossible. > > The most obvious solution is a planner control GUC, perhaps > "enable_indexonlyscan". Anyone object, or want to bikeshed the name?
I was expecting you to NOT want that, or I would have put it in to begin with... so go for it. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers