Christopher, I'm sorry it's too late, but I haven't receive any messages from postgres mailing lists for a month (don't know why). Just found your message in archives.
GiST is a great thing, it's generalised search tree invented by Hellerstein in 1995. It allows you to define custom data type, index access to them and custom queries. I have a little intro about GiST (not finished yest) http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/doc/intro.html Also, at the bottom of http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/ there are several seminal papers for reading. Regards, Oleg On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > > Oh yes, one last question, is the required method for adding index > > > support via GiST? I ask because it seems to me that inserts could be > > > exceptionally expensive, though as usual, I still have more to look at. > > > > I think we would recommend GIST because it is easier. > > Would someone be able to explain to me exactly what GIST is? I thought it > was just a _type_ of index, but is it actually a generalised index-creating > framework? Do other DMBSs use it? Is it a cool thing I could talk about > when I give my talk at UWA tommorrow? > > Chris > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
