RE: [HACKERS] 6.5 beta and ORDER BY patch

Hello all,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org]On Behalf Of Hannu Krosing
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 3:43 AM
> To: Jan Wieck
> Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 6.5 beta and ORDER BY patch
>

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>
> After that the reverse index scans, so that the index that are
> backwards can also be used for sorting.
> BTW, can this be easily implemented/effective in PostgreSQL or are
> our btree indexes optimised for forward scans ?
>

PostgreSQL seems to have the ability to scan Index backward
because we can execute "fetch backward" command.
IMHO _bt_first() fucntion used to find first item in a scan should
be changed to work well in case of backward positioning.

I think this change also gives the partial solution for the problem
[ [HACKERS] Cursor Movement - Past the End ] reported by
David Hartwig.

I have a sample code for this change.
I can send it if someone want to check or test it.

Thanks.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp