On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 06:54:10PM +0100, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2014-02-11 12:12:13 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Yes, that pretty much sums it up. We introduced index-only scans in 9.2 > > (2012) but they still seem to be not usable for insert-only workloads > > two years later. Based on current progress, it doesn't look like this > > will be corrected until 9.5 (2015). I am kind of confused why this has > > not generated more urgency. > > I think this largely FUD. They are hugely beneficial in some scenarios > and less so in others. Just like lots of other features we have.
I don't understand. Index-only scans are known to have benefits --- if an insert-only workload can't use that, why is that acceptable? What is fear-uncertainty-and-doubt about that? Please explain. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
