Re: add_path optimization

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: add_path optimization
Date: 2009-02-03 03:54:55
Message-ID: 18073.1233633295@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm interested, but I need maybe a 1GB data set, or smaller. The
> thing that we are benchmarking is the planner, and planning times are
> related to the complexity of the database and the accompanying
> queries, not the raw volume of data.

In fact, the only reason to care whether there is any data in the DB
*at all* is that you need some realistic content in pg_statistic.
So it should be possible to set up a planner test DB with very little
data bulk, which would surely make testing a lot less painful.

regards, tom lane

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