Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Folks, how can we entertain ideas that would break SELECT * and > > no-column-list INSERTs for a small performance boost? If there was no > > other way to get the performance boost, and the features was rarely > > used, we might consider such a change, but neither is true in this case. > > > > My point is that this proposal is so far away from our acceptable > > criteria that I am worried about how people are analyzing proposals. > > > > > > In Simon's defense, I think we need to feel free to brainstorm a bit, > and propose things that might seem odd. There are plenty of cool heads > around to shoot down bad ideas, but we'll only make progress by > cherry-picking the good ideas. If one out of ten of my ideas is useful I > think I'm doing really well.
Agreed. I just wanted to make sure we still have the same criteria. The fact the proposal was explored just got me worried. I will go back to not worrying. ;-) -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
