Tom Lane wrote: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The key to the algorithm is that it uses a trie to bin rows with common > > leading prefixes together. This avoids performing redundant comparisons > > between those columns later. > > Interesting, but doesn't that make it utterly useless for sorting in > non-C locales?
It seems so. But on the other hand it might prove helpful for multicolumn sorts (which removes the "datatype-specific" objection). -- Alvaro Herrera Valdivia, Chile ICBM: S 39º 49' 18.1", W 73º 13' 56.4" "No hay cielo posible sin hundir nuestras raíces en la profundidad de la tierra" (Malucha Pinto) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match