Re: PostgreSQL index issue

From: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "codevally *EXTERN*" <codevally(dot)mail(dot)list(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL index issue
Date: 2012-07-16 07:44:31
Message-ID: D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C208246B4D@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at
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codevally wrote:
> I have a question regarding PostgreSQL 9.1 indexing.
>
> I am having a table and want to create a index for a column and I want
to
> store the data with time zone for that column. The questions are:
>
> 1. Can I create a index for a column which store time stamp with time
zone.
> If can is there ant performance issues?
>
> 2. Also I can store the time stamp value with zone as a long integer
value.
> If so what is the difference between the above step. Which one is
better.
>
> Many Thanks.

If you didn't like the answer that you got to exactly the same
question on
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/CAOokBJGA56tiyLZGPf859fmLiZidp
p19Q5pPbT65Hwc4wORegg%40mail.gmail.com
why didn't you say so?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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