Re: KNNGIST next step: adjusting indexAM API

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: KNNGIST next step: adjusting indexAM API
Date: 2010-12-01 14:51:20
Message-ID: 15487.1291215080@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> wrote:
>> IIRC, the goal here was to be able to benefit from KNN GiST from
>> existing GiST indexes as soon as you restart the server with the new
>> code compiled in. I'm not sure it's that important in the context of
>> preparing 9.1. It seems that pg_upgrade already has to issue a reindex
>> script for GiST indexes.

> I don't think Tom was proposing to change the on-disk format, just the API.

Right, AFAIK there is nothing in KNNGIST that would involve an on-disk
data change.

regards, tom lane

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