On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 01:08:59PM -0500, Kenneth Marshall wrote: > Since we already have to check the actual tuple values for any index > lookup in postgresql, we could only store the full hash value and the > corresponding TIDs in the bucket. Then when we lookup an item by > calculating its hash, if the exact hash is not present in the bucket, > then we know that the item is not in the index.
Sounds like you'd be returning a bitmap for use with a bitmap scan. That's a different take on other suggestions I've heard and would allow a hash index to have an almost unlimited key size yet flexible matching... (combined with other index, or even just the same index). Neat. Have a nice day, Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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