Re: Use of index in 7.0 vs 6.5

Ryan Bradetich <ryan_bradetich(at)hp(dot)com> writes:
> This worked great! Is their a place I can change the default to 3?
> I do not want to change all the scripts to include this :)

See src/include/optimizer/cost.h. However, I am currently thinking of
taking Hiroshi's advice instead. Lowering RANDOM_PAGE_COST seems like
a bad idea --- if anything, we might want to raise it ;-)

>>>> Or how about changing current fudge factor ?
>>>> For example,from 0.5 to 0.2 which is the fudge factor of attdisbursion
>>>> calculation.
>>
>> Yes, that's another way --- and probably more defensible than changing
>> random_page_cost, now that I think about it. Unfortunately it's a
>> hardwired constant and so not as easily experimented with :-(.

> Can you give me more information about this? I do not have a problem
> re-compiling the database and performing more testing if you would like.

The fudge factor in question is currently 0.5, and is used in two places
in src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c (looks like lines 193 and 212 in 7.0
sources). I was thinking of dropping it to 0.25 or 0.1.

regards, tom lane