| From: | Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)stack(dot)net> |
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| To: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: GIST |
| Date: | 2002-03-14 08:47:58 |
| Message-ID: | 3C9063BE.7020502@stack.net |
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Read a collect of articles at bottom of http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>>>Oh yes, one last question, is the required method for adding index
>>>support via GiST? I ask because it seems to me that inserts could be
>>>exceptionally expensive, though as usual, I still have more to look at.
>>>
>>I think we would recommend GIST because it is easier.
>>
>
> Would someone be able to explain to me exactly what GIST is? I thought it
> was just a _type_ of index, but is it actually a generalised index-creating
> framework? Do other DMBSs use it? Is it a cool thing I could talk about
> when I give my talk at UWA tommorrow?
>
> Chris
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