Re: [GENERAL] Limitation - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John Huttley
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Limitation
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Msg-id 008901bebe8c$04c6f840$1401a8c0@Mr_Creosote.MWK.co.nz
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Responses Re: [GENERAL] Limitation  (Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>)
Re: [GENERAL] Limitation  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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The answer is that you are thinking as indexes in the context of fast lookup
on fields.

However my requirement comes from a need to ensure that every single field
in the
table forms a unique combination. (not my design, I might add)

Now you know why, can you append it to the TODO list?

On thinking about it, I wonder if the same field can appear more than
once in an index. Now that would be weird!



>> 1.  Have more than 7 fields on a btree index
>
>We have never understood why someone would want an index with more than
>seven columns.
>
>--
>  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://www.op.net/~candle



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