Re: ML-based indexing ("The Case for Learned Index Structures", a paper from Google)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stefan Keller <sfkeller(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>, Oleg Ivanov <o(dot)ivanov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ML-based indexing ("The Case for Learned Index Structures", a paper from Google)
Date: 2021-04-20 21:49:48
Message-ID: 676937.1618955388@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stefan Keller <sfkeller(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'd give learned indexes at least a change to provide a
> proof-of-concept. And I want to learn more about the requirements to
> be accepted as a new index (before undergoing month's of code
> sprints).

There's enough support these days that you can build a new index
type as an extension, without touching the core code at all.
I'd advise proceeding that way, at least until you have a pretty
convincing prototype.

regards, tom lane

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