Re: [PERFORM] How to create an index for type timestamp column using rtree?

2004-07-13 Thread Chris Cheston
Thanks, Chris and Tom. I had read *incorrectly* that rtrees are better for <= and >= comparisons. Chris On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:33:48 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm storing some timestamps as integers (UTF) in a table and I want to > > query by <= and >= for tim

Re: [PERFORM] How to create an index for type timestamp column using

2004-07-12 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I'm storing some timestamps as integers (UTF) in a table and I want to query by <= and >= for times between a certain period. The table has gotten quite large and is now very slow in querying. I think it's time to create an index for the timestamp column. Uh, yeah. I tried using an rtree (for <= a

Re: [PERFORM] How to create an index for type timestamp column using rtree?

2004-07-12 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Cheston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm storing some timestamps as integers (UTF) in a table and I want to > query by <= and >= for times between a certain period. btree can handle range queries nicely; why do you think you need an rtree? rtree is for 2-dimensional datums which a timestam