> What is the status of the genetic algorithm query optimizer? Is this
> supposed to work well on many-table joins, or has it fallen out of favor
> or in disrepair? [I'm needing to optimize some large, many-table-join
> queries and wondering time spent configuring/understanding geqo would be
> fruitful...]
It is the only techique we have to achieve adequate performance on
many-table joins. It has received little work recently, but that may be
due to having received no complaints or discussions that I can recall.
- Thomas
