From: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Indices or Indexes |
Date: | 2002-02-05 15:19:42 |
Message-ID: | 3C5FF80E.F99DAE47@postgresql.org |
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Hi Peter,
Cool. Thanks for the info, I'll make sure to get it right from here on.
:-)
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> Justin Clift writes:
>
> > Just noticed that Section 7.2 of the Users Guide (devel docs) is called
> > "Indexes". I was under the impression the "correct" terminology should
> > be "Indices".
>
> It's "indexes" for a database index, and "indices" for an array index. At
> least that's what some big dictionary once revealed to us.
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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