Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage?
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Msg-id 200206212012.g5LKCNB14956@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage?  (Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>)
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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 11:51, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > How about an elog(NOTICE) for hash use?
> > > 
> > > I don't think that's appropriate.
> > 
> > I was thinking of this during CREATE INDEX ... hash:
> > 
> >     NOTICE:  Hash index use is discouraged.  See the CREATE INDEX
> >     reference page for more information.
> > 
> > Does anyone else like/dislike that?
> I dislike it.  Some clients/dba's will wonder why we even have them. 
> 
> Why should we bug the DBA on EVERY index that is a hash? 
> 
> I know I personally hate the FreeBSD linker warnings about certain
> functions, and don't like that precedent. 

OK, that's enough of a negative vote for me.  So you feel the
documentation change is enough?  Tom thinks so too.

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