Re: Proposal: global index

From: Erikjan Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: Ildar Musin <i(dot)musin(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: global index
Date: 2017-08-18 13:52:46
Message-ID: 5863b4a9f5581af2b8e6ad9ce4d372fb@xs4all.nl
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On 2017-08-18 11:12, Ildar Musin wrote:
> Hi hackers,
>
> While we've been developing pg_pathman extension one of the most
> frequent questions we got from our users was about global index
> support. We cannot provide it within an extension. And I couldn't find
> any recent discussion about someone implementing it. So I'm thinking
> about giving it a shot and start working on a patch for postgres.

Sorry to be dense but what exactly is a "Global Index"?

You mention pg_pathman; is a global index related to just partitions? Or
is it a more generally applicable concept?

Could you (or someone) perhaps expand a little?

thanks,

Erik Rijkers

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