Re: Deleting older versions in unique indexes to avoid page splits - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Andy Fan <zhihuifan1213@163.com> writes:

> (3). DELETE does generate new index entry, but we might not touch
> the indexes at all during deletes (*except the index we used for index
> scan*).

I still not check the code right now (it may still take times for me
even I understand the overall design). So do we need to mark the
"garbage" hints for DELETE with a index scan?  The case in my mind is:

CREATE TABLE t(a INT, B int);
CREATE INDEX t_a_idx on t(a);
CREATE INDEX t_b_idx on t(b);

DELETE FROM t WHERE b = 1;

If the delete goes with Index Scan of t_b_idx, we still have the chances
to mark hints on t_b_idx, so that it can be useful during index split?

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Best Regards
Andy Fan