Re: LIMIT confuses the planner

Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> If you left seq_page_cost (which isn't mentioned here) at the default
>> value but reduced random_page_cost to 0.1, then you have
>> random_page_cost < seq_page_cost. That's probably Bad.
>
> ... well, it's certainly going to push the planner to believe indexscans
> are cheaper than sorts no matter what.
>
> The previously noted rowcount estimation problem might be a bigger issue
> in this particular case, but I agree this is a Bad Idea.

So I've set it wrong, I guess. :-)

Now I put it to:

seq_page_cost = 1
random_page_cost = 2

Regards,
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