Re: Importance of re-index

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Importance of re-index
Date: 2006-08-09 23:57:04
Message-ID: 44DA7650.6050708@cox.net
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:46:44PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 17:44, John Sidney-Woollett wrote:
[snip]
> And if you're vacuuming frequently enough, there shouldn't be
> that much need to reindex.

How aggressively does PostgreSQL keep b-trees in balance?

Inserting the range [1..10000000] should result in a right-
unbalanced tree.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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