Re: Searching GIN-index (FTS) and sort by timestamp-column - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Andreas Joseph Krogh
Subject Re: Searching GIN-index (FTS) and sort by timestamp-column
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In response to Re: Searching GIN-index (FTS) and sort by timestamp-column  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Searching GIN-index (FTS) and sort by timestamp-column  (Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com>)
Re: Searching GIN-index (FTS) and sort by timestamp-column  (Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>)
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På onsdag 16. mars 2016 kl. 14:37:27, skrev Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com> writes:
> 1. Why isnt' folder_id part of the index-cond?

Because a GIN index is useless for sorting.

> 2. Is there a way to make it use the (same) index to sort by
> received_timestamp?

No.

> 3. Using a GIN-index, is there a way to use the index at all for sorting?

No.

> 4. It doesn't seem like ts_rank uses the index for sorting either.

Same reason.

regards, tom lane
 
So it's basically impossible to use FTS/GIN with sorting on large datasets?
Are there any plans to improve this situation?
 
Thanks.
 
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