Re: pg_index.indislossy

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Should I remove this column?
>
> NO. The fact that we don't currently have any lossy index types doesn't
> mean that we won't ever have them again. I've been wondering, for
> example, whether the frequently heard requests for case-insensitive
> indexes might not be answerable by implementing 'em as lossy indexes.

Is lossy and partial indexes the same? I can't see how they were
supposed to be used. The _only_ mention of this field I see in
indexcmd.c, around line 132. All the other mentions are just passing
around parameters.

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