From: Jim C. Nasby <decibel@decibel.org>
To: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
Cc: Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@gmail.com>
Cc: Ying Lu <ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] "Hash index" vs. "b-tree index" (PostgreSQL
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:51:33 -0500
Message-ID: <20050509165133.GJ35026@decibel.org> (raw)
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On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 02:38:41AM +1000, Neil Conway wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >Having indexes that people shouldn't be using does add confusion for
> >users, and presents the opportunity for foot-shooting.
>
> Emitting a warning/notice on hash-index creation is something I've
> suggested in the past -- that would be fine with me.
Probably not a bad idea.
> >Even if there is some kind of advantage (would they possibly speed up
> >hash joins?)
>
> No, hash joins and hash indexes are unrelated.
I know they are now, but does that have to be the case? Like I said, I
don't know the history, so I don't know why we even have them to begin
with.
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