Re: index changing

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "monu_indian" <monu_indian(at)indiatimes(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index changing
Date: 2003-10-06 18:37:31
Message-ID: 151.1065465451@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"monu_indian" <monu_indian(at)indiatimes(dot)com> writes:
> I have designed a new indexing tecknique for biological database now I want to implement it in pgsql so what the work I will have to do? From where I should start?

You could write a new index access method ... though I would not exactly
recommend that as a good project for a first-time Postgres hacker.

It might be that you could implement what you want to do as a layer on
top of the GIST index type. See the GIST-related contrib modules for
some examples.

regards, tom lane

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