Re: [GENERAL] Limitation

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John Huttley <john(at)mwk(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Limitation
Date: 1999-06-24 15:39:40
Message-ID: 199906241539.LAA16922@candle.pha.pa.us
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> I've been attempting to port applications from Pervasive SQL to PG.
> Pervasive is interesting because it runs on top of btrieve. This allow
> legacy apps
> and SQL systems to co-exist. It's quirky and buggy, but it's better than PG
> because it can do the following.
>
>
> 1. Have more than 7 fields on a btree index

We have never understood why someone would want an index with more than
seven columns.

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