Re: generalizing the planner knobs

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> On the other hand the type I would prefer to see are hints that feed directly
> into filling in information the planner lacks. This only requires that the
> user understand his own data and still lets the planner pick the best plan
> based on the provided information.

This would avoid some issues, but it still is vulnerable to the problem
that the hint you put in your code today will fail to track changes in
your data tomorrow.
        regards, tom lane