Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> - Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) accelerate space reuse for UPDATEs
>>>> change to
>>>> "Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) improve performance of frequent UPDATEs"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I used the original text because it tries to explain _how_ HOT improves
>>> performance. The item that has the descriptive text explains how the
>>> space reuse works. A generic "improve performance" doesn't seem like an
>>> improvement.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I still think this needs to be qualified either way. As it stands it's
>> quite misleading. Many update scenarios will not benefit one whit from
>> HOT updates.
>>
>
> Doesn't the detail description qualify it enought? The heading isn't
> suppose to have all the information or it would be unreadable.
>
>
If you don't want to be more specific I'd say "certain updates" or "some
updates" or something similar, just some flag to say it's not all of them.
cheers
andrew