From 138fdf32bb306e0783c2d383d552d2dc65cd1f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:41:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update EXPLAIN wording for GEQO usage.

---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
index 748e7e16ae2..a9da7a19f51 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.35 2005/01/04 00:39:53 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.36 2006/01/20 16:41:55 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -151,11 +151,13 @@ ROLLBACK;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Prior to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3, the plan was
-   emitted in the form of a <literal>NOTICE</literal> message.  Now it
-   appears as a query result (formatted like a table with a single
-   text column).
+   Genetic query optimization (<acronym>GEQO</acronym>) randomly 
+   tests execution plans.  Therefore, when the number of tables exceeds
+   <varname>geqo_threshold</> causing genetic query optimization to be 
+   used, the execution plan is likely to change each time the statement
+   is executed.
   </para>
+
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1>
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