Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I were to implement this idea, I think Heikki's bitmap of pages > already read is the way to go.
I think that's a good way to guarantee that you'll not finish in time for 8.3. Heikki's idea is just at the handwaving stage at this point, and I'm not even convinced that it will offer any win. (Pages in cache will be picked up by a seqscan already.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly