Re: [HACKERS] WARM and indirect indexes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] WARM and indirect indexes
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Msg-id 20170111153237.GC8584@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] WARM and indirect indexes  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 08:28:28AM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 01/10/2017 09:25 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >I am not saying we shouldn't do it, but I am afraid that the complexity
> >in figuring out when to use indirect indexes, combined with the number
> >of users who will try them, really hurts its inclusion.
> >
> 
> 
> I think you're making this out to be far more complex than it really is. You
> could argue the same about a great many features. Both of these features
> have upsides and downsides.

Right, and we do make such arguments --- what is your point?

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