Re: pg_hint_tables

I am top posting because I believe you have “hikacked” a thread.

Rather than replying to an existing thread unrelated to your topic you should start your own specific thread.


> On Sep 30, 2025, at 2:13 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/30/25 12:51, Wong, Kam Fook (TR Technology) wrote:
>> I am trying to use pg_hint_tables in AWS Aurora Postgres.  I changed the Postgres parameter
"pg_hint_plan.enable_hint_table= 1".  Then I logout but can't login anymore with the following error message. 
>
> To be clear it is pg_hint_plan not pg_hint_tables?
>
>> “postgres@postgres:[2719]:ERROR:  relation "hint_plan.hints" does not exist at character 21”.
>> I undo the changes, log back in.  Can't find a good resources that lead me to the root cause.  So I try a few other
things,see below.  But no luck.  Any guidance or help is greatly appreciated. 
>
> From here:
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> https://github.com/ossc-db/pg_hint_plan/blob/master/docs/installation.md
>
> Did you do?:
>
> "
> Loading pg_hint_plan
>
> pg_hint_plan does not require CREATE EXTENSION. Loading it with a LOAD command will activate it and of course you can
loadit globally by setting shared_preload_libraries in postgresql.conf. Or you might be interested in ALTER USER
SET/ALTERDATABASE SET for automatic loading in specific sessions. 
>
> postgres=# LOAD 'pg_hint_plan';
> LOAD
> "
>> ALTER EXTENSION pg_hint_plan  UPDATE TO '1.4';
>> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON hint_plan.hints TO PUBLIC;
>> GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA hint_plan TO PUBLIC;
>> Thank you
>> Kam Fook Wong
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>
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