Re: [HACKERS] Slow count(*) again...

Mladen Gogala wrote:
> Hints are not even that complicated to program. The SQL parser should
> compile the list of hints into a table and optimizer should check
> whether any of the applicable access methods exist in the table. If it
> does - use it. If not, ignore it. This looks to me like a philosophical
> issue, not a programming issue. Basically, the current Postgres
> philosophy can be described like this: if the database was a gas stove,
> it would occasionally catch fire. However, bundling a fire extinguisher
> with the stove is somehow seen as bad. When the stove catches fire,
> users is expected to report the issue and wait for a better stove to be
> developed. It is a very rough analogy, but rather accurate one, too.

That might be true.

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