| From: | Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> |
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| To: | Adam Brusselback <adambrusselback(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Indirect indexes |
| Date: | 2016-10-21 21:08:40 |
| Message-ID: | b1649a2d-e8bc-0e6c-8963-81a28151515c@BlueTreble.com |
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On 10/21/16 4:05 PM, Adam Brusselback wrote:
> My main point is that maybe the reason why most users use int4 pkeys
> (besides conventional wisdom) is because it gets the most support from
> features like this, and it may not be quite as skewed if that same
> support were given to other types.
I think it's a pretty safe bet that they're the most popular simply
because serial means int4 and not int8. I bet a fair number of users
don't even realize bigserial exists.
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