Re: prefix btree implementation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: prefix btree implementation
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Msg-id 20051006213127.GG36108@pervasive.com
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In response to Re: prefix btree implementation  ("Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>)
Responses Re: prefix btree implementation
Re: prefix btree implementation
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 03:40:43PM -0700, Qingqing Zhou wrote:
> We do the prefix sharing when we build up index only, never on the fly.

So are you saying that inserts of new data wouldn't make any use of
this? ISTM that greatly reduces the usefulness, though I'm not objecting
because compression during build is probably better than none at all. Is
there a technical reason compression can't be used during normal
operations?
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