Mostly nit-picking, but for what it's worth: Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ! <note> > ! <para> > ! The order of outer joins specified via the <literal>JOIN</> > ! construct is never adjusted by the query planner; therefore, > ! <varname>join_collapse_limit</> has no effect on this > ! behavior.
This should include some weasel-wording along the lines of "At present, blah blah blah". It is theoretically legal to reorder outer joins in some cases, and I harbor ambitions of teaching the planner about that sooner or later. > ! <varname>from_collapse_limit</varname>, which is appropriate > ! for most users. Setting it to 1 prevents any reordering of "most uses", perhaps ? > ! order they desire explicitely. Another consequence of setting spell-check ... > ! this variable to 1 is that the query planner will behave more > ! similarly to the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3 "more similarly" is bad grammar ... try "more like the" ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html