Greetings,
* Amos Bird (amosbird@gmail.com) wrote:
> psql currently supports \di+ to view indexes,
>
> List of relations
> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | Description
> --------+--------------------+-------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
> public | ii | index | amos | i | 131 MB |
> public | jj | index | amos | i | 12 MB |
> public | kk | index | amos | i | 456 kB |
> public | numbers_mod2 | index | amos | numbers | 10 MB |
> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index | amos | numbers | 214 MB |
> (5 rows)
>
> The co
> lumn "Type" is kinda useless (all equals to index). Representing
> the actual index type will be more interesting,
Agreed.
> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | Description
> --------+--------------------+--------------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
> public | ii | index: gist | amos | i | 131 MB |
> public | jj | index: gin | amos | i | 12 MB |
> public | kk | index: btree | amos | i | 456 kB |
> public | numbers_mod2 | index: gin | amos | numbers | 10 MB |
> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos | numbers | 214 MB |
> (5 rows)
>
> I'm not sure where to add documentations about this patch or if needed one. Please help
> me if you think this patch is useful.
I'm not sure why it's useful to keep the 'index:'? I would suggest we
just drop that and keep only the actual index type (gist, gin, etc).
Thanks!
Stephen
