On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:28:21PM -0400, Gregory Stark wrote: > Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The existing patch's behavior is that "the rightmost switch wins", > > ie, if an object's name matches more than one pattern then it is > > included or excluded according to the rightmost switch it matches. > > This is, erm, poorly documented, but it seems like useful behavior > > so I don't have an objection myself. > > I don't know, it sounds like it's the source of the confusion you > identify later. > > My first thought is that the rule should be to apply all the > inclusion switches (implicitly including everything if there are > none), then apply all the exclusion switches.
+1 :) Order-dependent switches are a giant foot gun. Cheers, D -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
