On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Jonah H. Harris wrote: > On 3/7/06, Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd personally be more interested in what the impact is on people not > > using synonyms. How free is any search for synonyms if you aren't using > > the feature? > > > Unless synonym enablement were a configurable parameter (which wouldn't > really make sense), the cost would be the same whether they're used or not > during searching.
Right, but the response was that "using" synonyms incurred a cost and this should be documented. However, if there's a cost to people not using synonyms there's a higher barrier to entry for the feature. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match