On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> The reloption does not set an exact value, according to the code:
>
>> True, max_parallel_degree is an overriding limit. But the point is
>> that, without the reloption, you can't get lots of workers on a small
>> table. The reloption lets you do that.
>
> Color me skeptical that that's actually a good idea ...
I'll color you as not having read the threads where multiple users asked for it.
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