From: Bruce Momjian <root@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: wweng@kencast.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: create index on function - why?
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:49:13 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200202170249.g1H2nDE23123@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C6D3684.9040101@kencast.com>
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Wei Weng wrote:
> I can understand the rationale behind creating index on tables, it
> speeds up the searching.
>
> But what is the rationale behind creating index on a function? how does
> it help with the database performance?
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Wei Weng
> Network Software Engineer
> KenCast Inc.
>
>
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