RE: Use of index in 7.0 vs 6.5 - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Mikheev, Vadim
Subject RE: Use of index in 7.0 vs 6.5
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Msg-id 8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A23018BFF@SECTORBASE1
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In response to Use of index in 7.0 vs 6.5  (Ryan Bradetich <ryan_bradetich@hp.com>)
Responses Re: Use of index in 7.0 vs 6.5  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> For example we could count up distinct values for the first 
> column of an index by scanning its index relation.

Oracle has index keys distribution page... And we have near empty
meta-page for each index AM... And backend reads this page for
each insert...

Vadim


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