Thread: btree gist known problems
I'm looking for known problem areas in btree_gist. I see: http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/8973.1286841006@sss.pgh.pa.us With Range Types, I'm anticipating that btree_gist will become more important, so I'd like to know what bugs are holding it back. So, anything else come to mind? Or does btree_gist just need a good review? Or have the problems been fixed? Regards,Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes: > I'm looking for known problem areas in btree_gist. I see: > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/8973.1286841006@sss.pgh.pa.us > With Range Types, I'm anticipating that btree_gist will become more > important, so I'd like to know what bugs are holding it back. > So, anything else come to mind? Or does btree_gist just need a good > review? Or have the problems been fixed? The thing I was complaining about in the referenced message is specific to the inet opclass; it's unfair to make it sound like it's a generic problem with btree_gist. And no, it's not been fixed AFAIK. regards, tom lane
On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 10:18 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes: > > I'm looking for known problem areas in btree_gist. I see: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/8973.1286841006@sss.pgh.pa.us > > > With Range Types, I'm anticipating that btree_gist will become more > > important, so I'd like to know what bugs are holding it back. > > > So, anything else come to mind? Or does btree_gist just need a good > > review? Or have the problems been fixed? > > The thing I was complaining about in the referenced message is specific > to the inet opclass; it's unfair to make it sound like it's a generic > problem with btree_gist. And no, it's not been fixed AFAIK. Sorry, I thought I remembered a few other comments but couldn't find them in the archives. I must be mistaken. Regards,Jeff Davis