 the
        resulting <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>FROM</TT
> list would have no more than
        this many items.  Smaller values reduce planning time but might
        yield inferior query plans.  The default is eight.
        For more information see <A
HREF="explicit-joins.html"
>Section 14.3</A
>.
       </P
><P
>        Setting this value to <A
HREF="runtime-config-query.html#GUC-GEQO-THRESHOLD"
>geqo_threshold</A
> or more
        may trigger use of the GEQO planner, resulting in non-optimal
        plans.