On Oct 7, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> On 10/07/2011 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Robert Haas<robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Please find attached a patch implementing a basic version of
>>> index-only scans.
>>
>> I'm making some progress with this, but I notice what seems like a
>> missing feature: there needs to be a way to turn it off. Otherwise
>> performance comparisons will be difficult to impossible.
>>
>> The most obvious solution is a planner control GUC, perhaps
>> "enable_indexonlyscan". Anyone object, or want to bikeshed the name?
>
> enable_onlyindexscan
>
> I'm kidding.
>
> +1 on Tom's proposed name.
+1 ...
definitely an important thing to do.
regards,
hans
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