Re: [PATCHES] WIP: bitmap indexes

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Tom Lane wrote:

> Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > Attached is an update to the patch implementing bitmap indexes Jie sent
> > last week.
>
> What's the current status of this patch ... has any work been done since
> the first of the month?

Yes. I am tidying up the executor code at the moment so that the on
disk bitmap support is more or less hidden from the executor itself. and
Jie has been fixing multicolumn support and working on the planner. I've
also brought the code into line with PostgreSQL style, etc.

>
> I suppose the patch as given here no longer applies to HEAD, because of
> recent changes in rmgr for Simon's restartable-recovery patch (should be
> easy enough to fix) and consumption of OIDs by other patches (also easy
> to fix, in principle, but doubtless tedious).

Right.

> If you have to renumber OIDs I'd suggest starting at 3000 for your added
> OIDs, to leave some daylight for any other patches that go in during the
> next couple weeks.

Thanks.

I will post an updated patch in a few days time.

Gavin