Re: knngist patch support

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, tomas(at)tuxteam(dot)de, "Ragi Y(dot) Burhum" <rburhum(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: knngist patch support
Date: 2010-02-13 18:31:44
Message-ID: 603c8f071002131031y91d2297qc29d28de5c8f5dfc@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:
>> I see your point. May be it's better to introduce new system table? pg_amorderop
>> to store ordering operations for index.
>
> We could, but that approach doesn't scale to wanting more categories
> in the future --- you're essentially decreeing that every new category
> of opclass-associated operator will require a new system catalog,
> along with all the infrastructure needed for that.  That guarantees
> that the temptation to take shortcuts will remain high.

Yeah. PFA a patch to allow 5-key syscaches.

...Robert

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