Обсуждение: SET SEQSCAN TO OFF - error

I have the command below like it is described in the documentation
(http://www.archonet.com/pgdocs/force-index.html) but it doens't work.

SET SEQSCAN TO OFF;
ERROR:  'seqscan' is not a valid option name


Does anybody know why?
   Hans

Hans-Jürgen Schönig writes:

> I have the command below like it is described in the documentation
> (http://www.archonet.com/pgdocs/force-index.html) but it doens't work.
>
> SET SEQSCAN TO OFF;
> ERROR:  'seqscan' is not a valid option name
>
> Does anybody know why?

Because 'seqscan' is not a valid option name.  Maybe you mean
enable_seqscan.

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> I have the command below like it is described in the documentation
> (http://www.archonet.com/pgdocs/force-index.html) but it doens't work.
> 
> SET SEQSCAN TO OFF;
> ERROR:  'seqscan' is not a valid option name
> 
> 
> Does anybody know why?
> 

Try:
test=> set enable_seqscan to off;SET VARIABLE

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Hans-Jürgen Schönig wrote:
> 
> I have the command below like it is described in the documentation
> (http://www.archonet.com/pgdocs/force-index.html) but it doens't work.
> 
> SET SEQSCAN TO OFF;
> ERROR:  'seqscan' is not a valid option name
> 
> Does anybody know why?
> 

because the documentation is wrong.  the variable name is
ENABLE_SEQSCAN, i.e.:

SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;

should work.

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