Re: descending Indexes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: Bupp Phillips <noname(at)spam(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: descending Indexes
Date: 2003-09-05 00:58:18
Message-ID: 17675.1062723498@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Bupp Phillips wrote:
>> I can't find a way to create descending Indexes in PG. Is this possible?

> You can do it, but it's a bit difficult.

Do you really *need* a descending index? In most cases a backwards scan
on a regular index gets the job done.

regards, tom lane

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