Re: plans for bitmap indexes? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: plans for bitmap indexes?
Date
Msg-id 20933.1099544822@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: plans for bitmap indexes?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: plans for bitmap indexes?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Updated TODO:

> * Allow the creation of bitmap indexes which can be quickly combined
>   with other bitmap indexes

This TODO item description is fundamentally misleading.

The point was *not* about making "bitmap indexes", which on its face
suggests a persistent on-disk data structure comparable to our existing
index types.  The point was about using transient in-memory bitmaps as
an interface between the on-disk indexes and accessing the table proper.
        regards, tom lane


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