Re: pg_index.indislossy

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_index.indislossy
Date: 2001-05-14 23:53:19
Message-ID: 26457.989884399@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Should I remove this column?

NO. The fact that we don't currently have any lossy index types doesn't
mean that we won't ever have them again. I've been wondering, for
example, whether the frequently heard requests for case-insensitive
indexes might not be answerable by implementing 'em as lossy indexes.

regards, tom lane

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