On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:23:29 -0500, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the "reduce random_page_cost" mantra >is not an indication that that parameter is wrong, but that the >cost models it feeds into need more work.
One of these areas is the cost interpolation depending on correlation. This has been discussed on -hackes in October 2002 and August 2003 ("Correlation in cost_index()"). My Postgres installations contain the patch presented during that discussion (and another index correlation patch), and I use *higher* values for random_page_cost (up to 10). Servus Manfred ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org