Thread: understanding post gres indexes

understanding post gres indexes

From
IYENGAR SURESH PARTHASARATHY
Date:
hi,

i want to fully understand the functioning of postgres indexes with
respect to the code.

where can i find help regarding this ? any detailed manuals available ??



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IYENGAR SURESH P.
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Re: understanding post gres indexes

From
Neil Conway
Date:
On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 08:50 +0530, IYENGAR SURESH PARTHASARATHY wrote:
> i want to fully understand the functioning of postgres indexes with
> respect to the code.

See src/backend/access/ in the source tree, specifically the nbtree/,
hash/, gist/ and index/ subdirectories -- each directory has a README
with some additional information. Personally I find the hash index code
easiest to understand, although it has the fewest features.

-Neil