Re: Block B-Tree concept - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Block B-Tree concept
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Msg-id 22939.1159269286@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Block B-Tree concept  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Block B-Tree concept  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I've been experimenting with the idea of a so-called Block B-Tree. The 
> basic idea is that instead of storing an index tuple for each heap 
> tuple, we store an index tuple for each heap block. This dramatically 
> reduces the size of an index, leading to savings on I/O.

VACUUM?
        regards, tom lane


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