Re: Cube extension kNN support

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Stas Kelvich <stas(dot)kelvich(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cube extension kNN support
Date: 2015-02-07 21:32:58
Message-ID: CAPpHfdugQB1iiLCO+=BRhP5R5-DhumsZaZwKRtYNcq58UKTVpA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi!

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Stas Kelvich <stas(dot)kelvich(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> I had updated old patch with kNN operators for cube data structures.
> Copying description from old message:
>
> Following distance operators introduced:
>
> <#> taxicab distance
> <-> euclidean distance
> <=> chebyshev distance
>
> For example:
> SELECT * FROM objects ORDER BY objects.coord <-> '(137,42,314)'::cube
> LIMIT 10;
>
> Also there is operator "->" for selecting ordered rows directly from index.
> This request selects rows ordered ascending by 3rd coordinate:
>
> SELECT * FROM objects ORDER BY objects.coord->3 LIMIT 10;
>
> For descendent ordering suggested syntax with minus before coordinate.
> This request selects rows ordered descending by 4th coordinate:
>
> SELECT * FROM objects ORDER BY objects.coord->-4 LIMIT 10;
>

I've checked the patch. The first notes are so:
1) Check coding style, in particular braces. Postgres coding style require
using it for multiline statements.
2) Update documentation according to new features.

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With best regards,
Alexander Korotkov.

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