Re: What is wrong with hashed index usage?

On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 15:12, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Larry Rosenman wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 11:51, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > How about an elog(NOTICE) for hash use?
> > > >
> > > > I don't think that's appropriate.
> > >
> > > I was thinking of this during CREATE INDEX ... hash:
> > >
> > > NOTICE: Hash index use is discouraged. See the CREATE INDEX
> > > reference page for more information.
> > >
> > > Does anyone else like/dislike that?
> > I dislike it. Some clients/dba's will wonder why we even have them.
> >
> > Why should we bug the DBA on EVERY index that is a hash?
> >
> > I know I personally hate the FreeBSD linker warnings about certain
> > functions, and don't like that precedent.
>
> OK, that's enough of a negative vote for me. So you feel the
> documentation change is enough? Tom thinks so too.
Yup.

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