Re: B-tree index with sorting question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: bricklen <bricklen(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: B-tree index with sorting question
Date: 2010-12-29 01:22:46
Message-ID: 13526.1293585766@sss.pgh.pa.us
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bricklen <bricklen(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> In the docs at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-createindex.html,
> I see that you can build indexes that include ordering.
> Eg. create index t_col_idx on t (col DESC NULLS LAST);

> Does that mean that the initial creation of the index acts like the
> CLUSTER command?

No, it just changes the order that the index keeps its entries in.

regards, tom lane

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