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enable_indexscan
Enables or disables the query planner's use of index-scan and index-only-scan plan types. The default is on. Also see enable_indexonlyscan.
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- boot val
- on
- category
- Query Tuning / Planner Method Configuration
- context
- user
- documented
- true
- enumvals
- Unknown
- extra desc
- Unknown
- lang
- en
- max val
- Unknown
- metadata version
- 18
- min val
- Unknown
- name
- enable_indexscan
- short desc
- Enables the planner's use of index-scan plans.
- source
- pg-settings-source-snapshot
- unit
- Unknown
- vartype
- bool
Definition PG 18
Enables or disables the query planner's use of index-scan and index-only-scan plan types. The default is on. Also see enable_indexonlyscan.
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