pgsql: Doc: clarify enable_indexscan=off also disabled Index Only Scans

From: David Rowley <drowley(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Doc: clarify enable_indexscan=off also disabled Index Only Scans
Date: 2024-10-29 03:25:02
Message-ID: E1t5cqt-002wfO-9N@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Doc: clarify enable_indexscan=off also disabled Index Only Scans

Disabling enable_indexscan has always also disabled Index Only Scans.
Here we make that more clear in the documentation in an attempt to
prevent future complaints complaining about this expected behavior.

Reported-by: Melanie Plageman
Author: David G. Johnston, David Rowley
Backpatch-through: 12, oldest supported version
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAKRu_atV=kovgpaLREyG68PB5+ncKvJ2UNoeRetEgyC3Yb5Sw@mail.gmail.com

Branch
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REL_17_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e5086b3ff4413fdd163c85a2ab5bfa26c7668cd3

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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