Re: Doc chapter for Hash Indexes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Amit Kapila
Subject Re: Doc chapter for Hash Indexes
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Msg-id CAA4eK1K8tQXSQP6q71WF3UfZvjeBaSquupbgXrUb9OD94NPW3w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Doc chapter for Hash Indexes  (Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>)
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:25 AM Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 02:08:12PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > New chapter for Hash Indexes, designed to help users understand how
> > they work and when to use them.
> >
> > Mostly newly written, but a few paras lifted from README when they were helpful.
>
>
..
> +  the column value also makes all hash index scans lossy. Hash indexes may
> +  take part in bitmap index scans and backward scans.
>
> Isn't it more correct to say that it must use a bitmap scan?
>

Why? Hash indexes do support regular index scan.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.



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