Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, mloftis(at)wgops(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage?
Date: 2002-06-21 20:31:17
Message-ID: 200206212031.g5LKVHO16683@candle.pha.pa.us
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Dann Corbit wrote:
> > I was thinking of this during CREATE INDEX ... hash:
> >
> > NOTICE: Hash index use is discouraged. See the CREATE INDEX
> > reference page for more information.
> >
> > Does anyone else like/dislike that?
>
> I think it might be OK temporarily, to show that there is some work that
> needs done. When hashed indexes are fixed, the notice should be
> removed.

Oh, yes, clearly, we would remove it once we had a hash implementation
that had _any_ advantages over btree.

So, is you vote for or against the elog(NOTICE)?

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