Re: WIP: generalized index constraints

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP: generalized index constraints
Date: 2009-09-15 18:49:03
Message-ID: 19638.1253040543@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 13:16 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Uhh.... so what happens if I create an index constraint using the
>> +(integer, integer) operator?

> You can use any operator that has an index search strategy. Overlaps is
> probably the most useful, but you could imagine other operators, like a
> bi-directional containment operator (either LHS is contained in RHS, or
> vice-versa).

Does it behave sanely for operators that are non-commutative, such
as '>'? (I'm not even very sure that I know what "sanely" would be
in such a case.)

regards, tom lane

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