Re: pg_index.indislossy

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_index.indislossy
Date: 2001-05-15 00:24:20
Message-ID: 200105150024.f4F0OKp25526@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Is lossy and partial indexes the same?
>
> No.
>
> > I can't see how they were
> > supposed to be used. The _only_ mention of this field I see in
> > indexcmd.c, around line 132.
>
> You missed a few then --- the most critical being in createplan.c.
>
> AFAIK this is a working feature, and I am going to insist that you
> keep your hands off it ...

Really, it actually works? What are they?

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