Re: Some minor changes to pgbench

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> Would it be worthwhile to add a switch so that the foreign key test is
>> only used "if" they use the switch in conjunction with a -i?
>
> I wouldn't object to providing that as a (non default) option.

O.k. I will take a look at what that would take..

>
> The int8 change should be unnecessary in view of Tatsuo's recent fix
> to make the random deltas symmetrical about zero.

O.k. that may be the case, my testing was with the 8.1 version pgbench.
I will verify with -HEAD before I change the int8.

>  I would counsel
> against making the other changes either, as they seem to accomplish
> little except make the comparability of results more doubtful.

I am not interested in really changing the overall internals. I just
wanted the foreign key option.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


>
>             regards, tom lane
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