Re: Let's drop two obsolete features which are bear-traps for novices

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Let's drop two obsolete features which are bear-traps for novices
Date: 2014-11-01 17:18:03
Message-ID: 545515CB.6000609@agliodbs.com
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On 10/31/2014 03:07 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I don't care one way or the other about the money type, but I will defend
> hash indexes, especially seeing that we've already added a pretty
> in-your-face warning as of 9.5:
>
> regression=# create table foo(f1 int);
> CREATE TABLE
> regression=# create index on foo using hash (f1);
> WARNING: hash indexes are not WAL-logged and their use is discouraged
> CREATE INDEX

Yes, and I'm arguing that is the wrong decision. If hash indexes are
"discouraged", then they shouldn't be in core in the first place.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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