On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> The need for this additional node list field also sways me in a
> direction that I'd previously been on the fence about, namely that
> I think index-only scans need to be their own independent plan node type
> instead of sharing a node type with regular indexscans
At a superficial PR level it'll go over quite well to have a special
plan node be visible in the explain output. People will love to see
Fast Index Scan or Covering Index Scan or whatever you call it in
their plans.
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greg