Hi Andrew
You wrote:
> And indeed, given the specifics of the use
> case you're outlining, it's as much a demonstration of that evaluation
> as a repudiation of it.
Maybe my use cases seem to be a special case (to me and over a million users of OpenStreetMap it's not).
Anyhow: That's why I'm investigating an FDW extension.
> I don't think there's any evidence that the Postgres developers ignore
> useful optimisations. What you're arguing is that the optimisation
> you have in mind isn't covered.
No; my point is that I - and others like Stonebraker, Oracle and SAP etc. - see room for optimization because assumptions about HW changed. To me, that should be enough evidence to start thinking about enhancements.
Yours, S.