Re: 8.x index insert performance - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From mark@mark.mielke.cc
Subject Re: 8.x index insert performance
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Msg-id 20051031193547.GA3311@mark.mielke.cc
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In response to Re: 8.x index insert performance  ("Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>)
Responses Re: 8.x index insert performance
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:32:03PM -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> if that index is causing the problem, you may want to consider setting
> up partial index to exclude null values.

Hey all.

Pardon my ignorance. :-)

I've been trying to figure out whether null values are indexed or not from
the documentation. I was under the impression, that null values are not
stored in the index. Occassionally, though, I then see a suggestion such
as the above, that seems to indicate to me that null values *are* stored
in the index, allowing for the 'exclude null values' to have effect?

Which is it? :-)

Thanks,
mark

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