On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am in favor of having something similar to >> max_parallel_workers_per_gather for utility statements like CREATE >> INDEX. That will need a cost model, at least where the DBA isn't >> explicit about the number of workers to use. > > We may well need that, but I think it should be discussed in > conjunction with the patches that add parallelism for those utility > statements, rather than discussing it on a thread for a 9.6 open item.
Of course. I don't think it needs to be scoped to utility statements. It's just clear that it's not appropriate to use max_parallel_workers_per_gather within utility statements, even though something like that will be needed. -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
