Re: Hints WAS: Index Tuning Features

From: "Mark Woodward" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jaime Casanova" <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Hints WAS: Index Tuning Features
Date: 2006-10-11 23:18:11
Message-ID: 21525.24.91.171.78.1160608691.squirrel@mail.mohawksoft.com
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> Mark,
>
> First off, I'm going to request that you (and other people) stop hijacking
> Simon's thread on hypothetical indexes. Hijacking threads is an
> effective way to get your ideas rejected out of hand, just because the
> people whose thread you hijacked are angry with you.
>
> So please observe the thread split, thanks.
>
>> Well, if it would get rejected if it looked like Oracle, assuming you
>> would probably be one of the people rejecting it, what do you envision
>> as not being rejected?
>
> Something "better than Oracle".
>
> Since you're the one who wants hints, that's kind of up to you to define.
> Write a specification and make a proposal.
>

What is the point of writing a proposal if there is a threat of "will be
rejected" if one of the people who would do the rejection doesn't at least
outline what would be acceptable?

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