Re: Text Selectivity Operators in String Types

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Text Selectivity Operators in String Types
Date: 2008-08-18 19:18:48
Message-ID: 3153.1219087128@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> From what depesz sees, the eqsel and eqjoinsel functions might be a
> bit too aggressive in recommending the use of indexes.

He presented absolutely 0 evidence to back up that opinion.

> So I was wondering, since in CVS HEAD citext is able to identify its
> type category as string, might there also be some way to use the same
> estimator functions in the citext operators as are used for text?

Those are the same estimator functions.

regards, tom lane

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