Re: index-only scans

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index-only scans
Date: 2011-10-07 18:40:47
Message-ID: 23689.1318012847@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Please find attached a patch implementing a basic version of
> index-only scans.

I'm making some progress with this, but I notice what seems like a
missing feature: there needs to be a way to turn it off. Otherwise
performance comparisons will be difficult to impossible.

The most obvious solution is a planner control GUC, perhaps
"enable_indexonlyscan". Anyone object, or want to bikeshed the name?

regards, tom lane

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