Re: Time to start the PR machine - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think converted is the wrong word.  Maybe "stored".

Good point...

indexes will be automatically stored as bitmaps in RAM...

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> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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>>----
>>Bitmap Scan:  some indexes will be automatically converted to
>>bitmaps in memory, giving up to 20x faster index performance on
>>complex queries against against very large tables, such as those
>>found in data marts. Bitmap Scan also greatly reduces the need
>>for multi-column indexes.
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>>Bitmap Scan: indexes will be automatically converted when appropriate...
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>>when needed
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>>Shared Row Locking: PostgreSQL's "better than row-level
>>locking" has been improved further through the addition of
>>shared row locks for foreign keys.  Shared locks will improve
>>insert and update performance on some OLTP applications
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>>The word "some" sounds like it is a minority of OLTP applications.
>>In general any moderately used OLTP app will benifit from this yes?
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>>many, most, or just say performance on OLTP applications.
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>>Josh Berkus wrote:
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>>>Javier, Josh, Mitch, etc.:
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>>>>How about instead looking at this issue by trying to define a short
>>>>statement about postgres which should be included in every release,
>>>
>>>
>>>You know, all of your feedback would be *much* more useful if you
>>>actually read the release I have up, currently.   I'll repeat, because
>>>nobody on *this* thread has once referred to this fact:
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>>>The "ABOUT POSTGRESQL" statement contains a mention of the BSD license
>>>and its business-friendliness.
>>>
>>>Now, all of you, please read the release and make comments on what's
>>>actually there, thanks.
>>>
>>>http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000047/85/release.txt
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>>>The question is not whether we need to mention our license.   That's
>>>already there.  It's whether it needs more emphasis than it's already
>>>getting, like the phrase "released under the flexible BSD license" in
>>>the first paragraph.
>>>
>>>--Josh
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