| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: FAQ -- Index usage/speed |
| Date: | 2004-09-01 03:28:26 |
| Message-ID: | 200409010328.i813SQU29489@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > Bruce,
> >
> >> However, with this fixed in 8.0, it probably isn't worth adding to the
> >> FAQ.
> >
> > I'd disagree. We can expect people to be using 7.3 and 7.4 for 2 years
> > yet.
>
> Have to agree ... I'm still supporting clients using 7.2 ...
OK, added to FAQ:
<P>In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
types exactly match the index's column types. This is particularly
true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.</P>
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