[postgis-devel] What's the point of this exercise in intersects?

[Obe, Regina]

> There are cases where the geometry is generated within the query, such
> as by buffering and the like, where an index cannot be created.  There
> are cases where a sequence scan is selected by the scheduler for
> whatever reason (selectivity of other constraints, size of table,
> outdated stats...).  And there's the case where the user didn't build an
> index.  Given the low overhead these shortcuts introduce, I would prefer
> to leave them in order to cover these sorts of cases.

--
> Mark Leslie

Thanks Mark - Now I feel C'est la vie too :)

Regina


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