Re: GSoC proposal. Index-only scans for GIST

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Anastasia Lubennikova <lubennikovaav(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: GSoC proposal. Index-only scans for GIST
Date: 2014-03-18 15:07:17
Message-ID: 9269.1395155237@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane previously proposed extending SP-GiST to support index-only
> scans. You might find that discussing worth reading, or perhaps
> consider it as an alternative if GiST doesn't work out:
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/10839.1323885644@sss.pgh.pa.us

That wasn't just a proposal, see commits
3695a555136a6d179cac8ae48d5f90171d5b30e9 and
92203624934095163f8b57b5b3d7bbd2645da2c8. But yeah, that might be a
useful reference for what is likely to be involved with making GIST
do it.

regards, tom lane

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