Re: [PATCHES] TODO-Item: B-tree fillfactor control

2006-02-13 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 19:12 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote: > Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm surprised that you do not use the parameter to control the RIGHTMOST > > index block split factor for B-trees, which remains at a constant 67%. > > The PCTFREE only seems to apply at CREATE I

Re: [PATCHES] TODO-Item: B-tree fillfactor control

2006-02-10 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 19:12 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote: > This is a revised patch for index fillfactor control: > - Split MAX_PCTFREE into three for each index method. > - B-tree indexes use their own settings when rightmost page is split. > - Fix a bug that GUC is modified when index buil

Re: [PATCHES] TODO-Item: B-tree fillfactor control

2006-02-07 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If we support PCTFREE for compatibility reasons should we not also > support the alternative FILLFACTOR syntax also? I see no reason to > favour Oracle/DB2 compatability at the expense of SQLServer > compatibility. One nonstandard syntax is more than enoug

Re: [PATCHES] TODO-Item: B-tree fillfactor control

2006-02-07 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 13:27 +0900, ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote: > This is a draft patch for index fillfactor control discussed in > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-02/msg00013.php > > I added the following features: > - Add support for btree, hash and gist. > - Syntax extension us