X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B94D1B4F8 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:45:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78063-07 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:45:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD53D1B588 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:45:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9MJiwit018350; Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:44:58 -0400 (EDT) To: josh@agliodbs.com Cc: Michael Glaesmann , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Expressional Indexes In-reply-to: <200310221239.58302.josh@agliodbs.com> References: <7141E2A2-04BE-11D8-81AE-0005029FC1A7@myrealbox.com> <18109.1066850278@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200310221239.58302.josh@agliodbs.com> Comments: In-reply-to Josh Berkus message dated "Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:39:58 -0700" Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:44:58 -0400 Message-ID: <18349.1066851898@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/288 X-Sequence-Number: 15688 Josh Berkus writes: >> I'm not particularly happy with the phrase "expressional index", and >> would like to think of something else to use before the 7.4 docs go >> final. Any ideas? > Hmmm ... well, actually, I like "Expressional Indexes". What's wrong > with it? Mainly that "expressional" is a made-up word. I have been considering using "calculated index" or "computed index" but dunno if that really conveys anything. regards, tom lane