Re: pg_index.indislossy - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_index.indislossy
Date
Msg-id 200105142357.f4ENvvk23867@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_index.indislossy  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Should I remove this column?
> 
> NO.  The fact that we don't currently have any lossy index types doesn't
> mean that we won't ever have them again.  I've been wondering, for
> example, whether the frequently heard requests for case-insensitive
> indexes might not be answerable by implementing 'em as lossy indexes.

Is lossy and partial indexes the same?  I can't see how they were
supposed to be used.  The _only_ mention of this field I see in
indexcmd.c, around line 132.  All the other mentions are just passing
around parameters.

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