I agree that a "directed graph"-like performance map would be difficult to be written or understood.
What i think would be ideal (helpful/feasible) is some kind of documentation of the algorithms involved in the planner/optimizer, along with some pointers to postgresql.conf parameters where applicable. This way we will know - Why something is happening - If it is the best plan - What tuning is possible On 25 Jun 2003, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > I think the biggest area of confusion for me was that the various parameters > > are very briefly described and no context is given for their parameters. > > > improvements to the performance sections of the documentation would make a > > huge difference. > > Agreed.. Josh has done some work recently re-arranging things to make > them easier to find, but the content hasn't changed much. > > Thanks for your thoughts! > > -- ================================================================== Achilleus Mantzios S/W Engineer IT dept Dynacom Tankers Mngmt Nikis 4, Glyfada Athens 16610 Greece tel: +30-210-8981112 fax: +30-210-8981877 email: achill at matrix dot gatewaynet dot com mantzios at softlab dot ece dot ntua dot gr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org