On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> In my head, safer = better worst-case performance. > > If the planner starts operating on the basis of worst case rather than > expected-case performance, the complaints will be far more numerous than > they are today. I imagine, that's why, if you put my comment in context, I was talking about picking a safer plan only when the "better on average one" fails miserably. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
