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

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Mladen Gogala <mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com> wrote:
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>
>> Maybe we can agree to remove that ridiculous "we don't want hints"
>> note from Postgresql wiki?
>>
>
> I'd be against that.  This is rehashed less frequently since that
> went in.  Less wasted time and bandwidth with it there.
>

Well, the problem will not go away.  As I've said before, all other
databases have that feature and none of the reasons listed here
convinced me that everybody else has a crappy optimizer.  The problem
may go away altogether if people stop using PostgreSQL.
>
>
>> That would make it look less like , hmph, philosophical issue and
>> more "not yet implemented" issue,
>>
>
> Exactly what we don't want.
>
Who is "we"?


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