From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Expressional Indexes
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:22:26 -0700
Message-ID: <200310221322.26013.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
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Tom,
> Mainly that "expressional" is a made-up word.
So? We're in the tech biz, Tom. New-coined words are expected. And that
way nobody will expect it to mean something else, since we made it up.
-- H. Dumpty, Q.E.D.
> I have been considering using "calculated index" or "computed index"
> but dunno if that really conveys anything.
Well, "Expression Indexes" is the most accurate. Or "Expression-Based
Indexes."
--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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