I agree with paragraph three. A hint is a directive. Now we are stuck with it. Bad stuff can ensue...maybe. But, maybe my customer is pissed now. Total cost to

I agree with paragraph three. A hint is a directive. Now we are stuck with it. Bad stuff can ensue...maybe. But, maybe my customer is pissed now. Total cost to fix: a couple hours. If I had the budget and developers to make PostgreSQL as performant as Oracle, I would be living on an island next to Larry.