Re: Create an index with a sort condition

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: sylsau <sylsau14(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Create an index with a sort condition
Date: 2006-03-29 19:57:44
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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 03:14 -0800, sylsau wrote:

> I use PostgreSQL 8.1 and I would like create and index on a table's
> field with a sort condition on this field.
> For example, I have a table named books and I want create an index on
> the fields title and id_book with an order by id_book descendant.
>
> I know how to create the index without this condition :
>
> create index book_index on books(id_book, title);
>

The index is already sorted and can be scanned forwards or backwards.

Perhaps you want CLUSTER?

Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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