Re: Difference between is true and = 't' in boolean feild. & bitmap

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah(dot)" <mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Difference between is true and = 't' in boolean feild. & bitmap
Date: 2002-08-17 11:21:20
Message-ID: 200208171121.g7HBLKL18248@candle.pha.pa.us
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Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote:
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>
> Any can anyone explain me why in a query of a boolean feild
> "is ture" does not indexes where as = 't' does? is "is true"
> not a more standard SQL than " = 't' ".

Not sure.

> Also is there any working implementation of BITMAP INDEXES in
> postgresql as found in ORACLE?

We have discussed them and see a few uses for them. See the TODO list
under Performance and there is a link to some emails discussing it.

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