pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml rc/back ...

From: tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql-server/ oc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml rc/back ...
Date: 2003-09-07 15:26:54
Message-ID: 20030907152654.51142D1B4FF@svr1.postgresql.org
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CVSROOT: /cvsroot
Module name: pgsql-server
Changes by: tgl(at)svr1(dot)postgresql(dot)org 03/09/07 12:26:54

Modified files:
doc/src/sgml : runtime.sgml
src/backend/optimizer/geqo: geqo_main.c
src/backend/utils/misc: guc.c postgresql.conf.sample
src/bin/psql : tab-complete.c
src/include/optimizer: geqo.h

Log message:
Remove geqo_random_seed parameter. Having geqo reset the global random()
sequence every time it's called is bogus --- it interferes with user
control over the seed, and actually decreases randomness overall
(because a seed based on time(NULL) is pretty predictable). If you really
want a reproducible result from geqo, do 'set seed = 0' before planning
a query.

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