Re: Index Unqiueness

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: abhinav batra <abbatra(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Index Unqiueness
Date: 2013-03-08 13:32:06
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYPBzirmugFwYctt0iLowJEDit4R5_PuF-=bsSspAEa+A@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:41 PM, abhinav batra <abbatra(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hey
> I want to work towards the follwing feature in TODO list:
> Prevent index uniqueness checks when UPDATE does not modify the
> columnUniqueness (index) checks are done when updating a column even if the
> column is not modified by the UPDATE. However, HOT already short-circuits
> this in common cases, so more work might not be helpful.
>
> So I wanted to know if someone is already working on this.

Not to my knowledge. But... I wonder why you want to work on this?
I've never heard of anyone having a performance problem because of
this. If you are, it would be interesting to hear the details.

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Robert Haas
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