upcoming units feature.
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.69 2006/07/25 03:51:21 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.70 2006/07/26 11:35:55 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-effective-cache-size" xreflabel="effective_cache_size">
- <term><varname>effective_cache_size</varname> (<type>floating point</type>)</term>
+ <term><varname>effective_cache_size</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>effective_cache_size</> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.163 2006/07/22 15:41:55 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.164 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
double cpu_index_tuple_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_INDEX_TUPLE_COST;
double cpu_operator_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST;
-double effective_cache_size = DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE;
+int effective_cache_size = DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE;
Cost disable_cost = 100000000.0;
T = (pages > 1) ? (double) pages : 1.0;
/* b is pro-rated share of effective_cache_size */
- b = effective_cache_size * T / (T + (double) other_pages);
+ b = (double) effective_cache_size * T / (T + (double) other_pages);
/* force it positive and integral */
if (b <= 1.0)
b = 1.0;
* Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.329 2006/07/25 03:51:21 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.330 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
0, 0, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
},
+ {
+ {"effective_cache_size", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_COST,
+ gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about size of the disk cache."),
+ gettext_noop("That is, the portion of the kernel's disk cache that "
+ "will be used for PostgreSQL data files. This is measured in disk "
+ "pages, which are normally 8 kB each.")
+ },
+ &effective_cache_size,
+ DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE, 1, INT_MAX, NULL, NULL
+ },
+
/* End-of-list marker */
{
{NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL}, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL
DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST, 0, DBL_MAX, NULL, NULL
},
- {
- {"effective_cache_size", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_COST,
- gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about size of the disk cache."),
- gettext_noop("That is, the portion of the kernel's disk cache that "
- "will be used for PostgreSQL data files. This is measured in disk "
- "pages, which are normally 8 kB each.")
- },
- &effective_cache_size,
- DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE, 1, DBL_MAX, NULL, NULL
- },
-
{
{"geqo_selection_bias", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_GEQO,
gettext_noop("GEQO: selective pressure within the population."),
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/optimizer/cost.h,v 1.77 2006/07/22 15:41:56 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/optimizer/cost.h,v 1.78 2006/07/26 11:35:56 petere Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#define DEFAULT_CPU_INDEX_TUPLE_COST 0.005
#define DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST 0.0025
-#define DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE 1000.0 /* measured in pages */
+#define DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE 1000 /* measured in pages */
/*
extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_tuple_cost;
extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_index_tuple_cost;
extern DLLIMPORT double cpu_operator_cost;
-extern DLLIMPORT double effective_cache_size;
+extern DLLIMPORT int effective_cache_size;
extern Cost disable_cost;
extern bool enable_seqscan;
extern bool enable_indexscan;