Robert Treat writes: > Hmm... the counter state seems to be that now these commands would tell you > they are doing something even though they are arn't really doing anything:
Commands are defined in terms of their results, not in terms of their actions, and certainly not in terms of the amount of grinding that is caused by them. Have you ever realized that GRANT SELECT ON table1 TO person; might not do anything? No one has suggested notices for that. Or have you ever seen a notice issued as the result of chmod a+x filename when the file was already executable? -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match