> In the meantime, the other databases provide hints which help me bridge the > gap. As I said before: hints are there, even if they were not meant to be > used that way. I can do things in a way that I consider very non-elegant. > The hints are there because they are definitely needed. Yet, there is a > religious zeal and a fatwa against them. > Other databases has different development model. It isn't based on consensus. The are not any commercial model for PostgreSQL. There are not possible to pay programmers. So you can pay and as customer, you are boss or use it freely and search a consensus - a common talk. Regards Pavel Stehule > -- > > Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA > 1500 Broadway > New York, NY 10036 > (212) 329-5251 > http://www.vmsinfo.com The Leader in Integrated Media Intelligence Solutions > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance > -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance