Re: [HACKERS] GSoC Query

2010-03-29 Thread Greg Smith
gaurav gupta wrote: My idea is to add a functionality of Auto tuning and Auto Indexing/ Reindexing in DB languages. Ah, the classic request to start with the tuning and index wizards. Really fun to work on, always lots of interest in it. Here's the thing: projects in this area attract

Re: [HACKERS] GSoC Query

2010-03-29 Thread Gokulakannan Somasundaram
Similarly using the no. of select hits on a table we can check that if maximum no. of times it is on a non-index field we can index on that field to make select faster. It's impractical to figure out where indexes should go at without simulating what the optimizer would then do with

[HACKERS] GSoC Query

2010-03-28 Thread gaurav gupta
Sir/Ma'am, I am a Mtech student and want to participate in GSoC. I have a project idea and want to discuss its feasibility, usability and chance of selection with you. My idea is to add a functionality of Auto tuning and Auto Indexing/ Reindexing in DB languages. Though I am not working on

Re: [HACKERS] GSoC Query

2010-03-28 Thread Robert Haas
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM, gaurav gupta gauravkumar.gu...@students.iiit.ac.in wrote: My idea is to add a functionality of Auto tuning and Auto Indexing/ Reindexing in DB languages. Though I am not working on this I have some idea about implementation. Idea is that on the no. of rows