Re: passing parameters to CREATE INDEX - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: passing parameters to CREATE INDEX
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Msg-id 8675.1127253935@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: passing parameters to CREATE INDEX  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> What syntax were you envisioning? Does this value just need to be
> passed to GiST at the creation of the the index, or does it actually
> need to remembered by the backend and passed each call?

I should think that the index ought to remember any such info for itself
(eg, in the metapage).  Putting it somewhere else, such as the pg_index
row for the index, would force a one-size-fits-all approach.
        regards, tom lane


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