| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | brett(at)abraxas(dot)scene(dot)com (Brett McCormick) |
| Cc: | hannu(at)trust(dot)ee, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: Browsing the tables and why pgsql does not perform well |
| Date: | 1998-01-25 00:26:48 |
| Message-ID: | 199801250026.TAA23434@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> On Sat, 24 January 1998, at 09:36:41, Hannu Krosing wrote:
>
> > The main problem is that PostgreSQL does not use index for sorting and
> > thus really does a
> > "copy" of the whole table and then sorts it before it can use a few rows
> > from the beginning.
> >
> > Using indexes for sorting as well as selecting is on the TODO list, but
> > seems to be not very high priority.
>
> It doesn't seem like it would be very difficult -- I'd be happy to
> tackle it if given some pointers in the right direction (I am a newbie
> pgsql-hacker and I'm looking for work! give me some!!)
>
It is so complicated, I can not even suggest where to start.
--
Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
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