Re: Why hash indexes suck - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Why hash indexes suck
Date
Msg-id 200406101156.i5ABulF10175@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Why hash indexes suck  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> [blink]  This seems to miss out on the actual point of the thread (hash
> >> bucket size shouldn't be a disk page) in favor of an entirely
> >> unsupported sub-suggestion.
> 
> > Yes, I was unsure of the text myself.  I have changed it to:
> >     * Allow hash buckets to fill disk pages, rather than being
> >       sparse
> 
> OK, though maybe "pack hash index buckets onto disk pages more
> efficiently" would be clearer.

OK, updated.


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