AW: partial index

From: "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: AW: partial index
Date: 2001-08-06 07:29:10
Message-ID: 46C15C39FEB2C44BA555E356FBCD6FA41EB36D@m0114.s-mxs.net
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> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > test=# create index myindex on accounts(aid) where bid <> 0;

Hmm ? Am I reading correctly ? a restriction that is on a field, that
is not in the index ? Does that make sense ? (aid --> bid)

> The original implementation would have refused to let you create a
> partial index with such a WHERE clause, since <> isn't a
btree-indexable
> operator.

But that is sad, since it would be a rather important use. Couldn't it
be
rewritten to: (aid < 0 or aid > 0) ? (I assume you meant aid)

Andreas

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