Re: [PATCHES] updated hash functions for postgresql v1

From: Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Asko Oja <ascoja(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] updated hash functions for postgresql v1
Date: 2009-10-28 19:35:36
Message-ID: 20091028193536.GB9312@it.is.rice.edu
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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 03:31:17PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > I had never checked the docs for hash functions, but I had assumed, that
> > internal functions are prefixed by pg_ and anything else is public, free
> > to use functionality.
>
> Sure, it's free to use. It's not free to assume that we promise never
> to change it.
>
> > Changing hash functions also makes in-place upgrades a lot harder, as
> > they can't be done incrementally anymore for tables which use hash
> > indexes.
>
> Hash indexes are so far from being production-grade that this argument
> is not significant.
>
> regards, tom lane

In addition that change from 8.3 -> 8.4 to store only the hash and not
the value in the index means that a reindex would be required in any event.

Cheers,
Ken

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