Re: Index AM change proposals, redux - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Index AM change proposals, redux
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Msg-id 377.1209054878@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Index AM change proposals, redux  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> Well, for these two:
> * For Highly Non-Unique Data we can use Duplicate Compression
> * Multi-Column Leading Value Compression - if you have a multi-column

> You don't need any new logic at all. If _bt_compare says they're equal
> you can compact them.

Not if you'd like to support index key retrieval.  (The equality
function that btree is using doesn't necessarily mean "equal for all
purposes".)
        regards, tom lane


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