Jim,
> Well, that's not what I said (my point being that until the planner and
> stats are perfect you need a way to over-ride them)... but I've also
> never said hints would be faster or easier than stats modification (I
> said I hope they would).
Yes, you did. Repeatedly. On this and other threads, you've made the
statement at least three times that per-query hints are the only way to go
for 8.3. Your insistence on this view has been so strident that if I
didn't know you better, I would assume some kind of hidden agenda.
Stop harping on the "per-query hints are the true way and the only way", or
prepare to have people start simply ignoring you.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco