Re: plans for bitmap indexes?

From: Yann Michel <yann-postgresql(at)spline(dot)de>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plans for bitmap indexes?
Date: 2004-10-08 17:10:53
Message-ID: 20041008171053.GA11149@zoom.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de
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Hi Josh,

On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:59:41AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > > Lots of people have talked about it but I don't know anyone coding it.
>
> I would love to have bitmap indexes in Postgres, as would a lot of other
> community members. However, they are far from trivial to code. Are you
> offering to help?

I'd like to help you, but I think, that my C-Experience is not good
enough for beeing able to. I mean, I coded some C-stuff and I know how
bitmap indexes (should) work but I guess that this won't be enough. In
addidtion I never took a look into postgresql's sources.

Regards,
Yann

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