> it will still be extremely risky in > heavy production workloads. In short, we're both walking a bull > through the china shop, but it would seem mine is much more > temperamental than yours.
Robert, Could you describe the GUC you would like to see? Also, I'd like to ask. what would be the argument against offering both options, ALTER and a GUC to override the catalog, as currently proposed in the patch? This conversation has been mainly GUC is better than ALTER, or vice versa. It is clear, at least to me, there are merits in both approaches, so what would be the argument against making both options available ( maybe with a GUC that could be more useful than a simple boolean )? -- Sami