From: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | zykuak(at)yahoo(dot)com |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Question on adding new indexes to Postgresql |
Date: | 2003-09-26 01:51:57 |
Message-ID: | 3F739BBD.2080509@familyhealth.com.au |
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Check contrib/rtreegist
Chris
Zhen Yang wrote:
> Thanks. Currently I am also referring to different implementations
> of an index to see the most suitable to implement. For an R+ tree
> ( a variant of R tree ), I have found an example implementation in
> C. Does anyone know of an R+ tree implementation done with GIST
> (generalized search tree)? Since a GIST structure is also available
> in Postgresql.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Zhen Yang
>
>
> --- Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>>Zhen Yang <zykuak(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
>>
>>>What are the C interface functions in Postgresql to add indexes?
>>
>>You will need to study the source code for the existing index types.
>>There is not much documentation other than the sources for the index
>>access method APIs.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: zykuak(at)yahoo(dot)com
>>>Hello, I am posting to ask for some help and suggestions.
>>>
>>>For a project I am doing in university, I need to add indexing
>>>mechanisms to the Postgresql database (R+ tree, bitmap indexes).
>>>Version of Postgresql is 7.3.3. I would like to ask how I can
>>>integrate the structures and algorithms for the indexes into
>>>the Postgresql DB. What are the C interface functions in Postgresql
>>>to add indexes? Do I need to handle things like memory buffer
>>>management, disk storage management when implementing the indexes?
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>Zhen Yang
>>>
>
>
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