Robert Haas <robertmhaas@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I don't, however, agree with his contention that this is easy to > implement. It would be easy to implement something that sucked. It > would be hard to implement something that actually helped in the cases > where the existing settings aren't already sufficient. Exactly. A hint system that actually did more good than harm would be a very nontrivial project. IMO such effort is better spent on making the optimizer smarter. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance