Re: Postgres + Xapian (was Re: fulltext searching via a - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: Postgres + Xapian (was Re: fulltext searching via a
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Msg-id 1073655109.3143.18.camel@fuji.krosing.net
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In response to Re: Postgres + Xapian (was Re: fulltext searching via a custom index type )  (Eric Ridge <ebr@tcdi.com>)
Responses Re: Postgres + Xapian (was Re: fulltext searching via a  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Eric Ridge kirjutas R, 09.01.2004 kell 01:16:

> Forgetting about composite indexes for a moment, is postgres even 
> capable of doing 2 index scans in this situation?  Does it know how do 
> take the intersection of two scans?

Not currently, but it has been in TODO for quite some time:

* Use bitmaps to fetch heap pages in sequential order [performance]
* Use bitmaps to combine existing indexes [performance]

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Hannu



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