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Abuhujair Javed
Postgres FD Implementation
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28568e58
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28568e58
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Nov 23, 2006
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Neil Conway
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Spelling and related minor fixes for the GIN docs.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gin.sgml,v 2.
4 2006/09/18 12:11:36 teodor
Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gin.sgml,v 2.
5 2006/11/23 05:58:01 neilc
Exp $ -->
<chapter id="GIN">
<title>GIN Indexes</title>
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This is much the same advantage as using <acronym>GiST</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
The <acronym>GIN</acronym>
implementation in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is primarily
maintained by Teodor Sigaev and Oleg Bartunov, and there is more
information on their
<ulink url="http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/oddmuse/index.cgi/Gin">website</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
The <acronym>GIN</acronym>
implementation in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is primarily
maintained by Teodor Sigaev and Oleg Bartunov. There is more
information about <acronym>GIN</acronym> on their
<ulink url="http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/oddmuse/index.cgi/Gin">website</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gin-extensibility">
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@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>int compare(
Datum a, Datum b
)</term>
<term>int compare(
Datum a, Datum b
)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Compares keys (not indexed values!) and returns an integer less than
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StrategyNumber n)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Returns an array of keys of the query to be executed. n contains
the strategy number of the operation
(see <xref linkend="xindex-strategies">).
Depending on n, query may be
different type.
Returns an array of keys of the query to be executed. n contains
the
strategy number of the operation (see <xref
linkend="xindex-strategies">). Depending on n, query may be
different type.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>bool consistent(
bool check[], StrategyNumber n, Datum query)</term>
<term>bool consistent(bool check[], StrategyNumber n, Datum query)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Returns TRUE if the indexed value satisfies the query qualifier with
strategy n (or may satisfy in case of RECHECK mark in operator class).
Each element of the check array is TRUE if the indexed value has a
corresponding key in the query: if (check[i] == TRUE
) the i-th key of
corresponding key in the query: if (check[i] == TRUE) the i-th key of
the query is present in the indexed value.
</para>
</listitem>
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@@ -129,14 +128,14 @@
</sect1>
<sect1 id="gin-tips">
<title>GIN tips and trics</title>
<title>GIN tips and tric
k
s</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Create vs insert</term>
<listitem>
<para>
In most cases, insertion into <acronym>GIN</acronym> index is slow
In most cases, insertion into
a
<acronym>GIN</acronym> index is slow
due to the likelihood of many keys being inserted for each value.
So, for bulk insertions into a table it is advisable to to drop the GIN
index and recreate it after finishing bulk insertion.
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@@ -169,9 +168,9 @@
the whole result set, chosen at random.
</para>
<para>
"Soft" means that the actual number of returned results could slightly
differ from the specified limit, depending on the query and the quality
of the system's random number generator.
<quote>Soft</quote> means that the actual number of returned results
could slightly differ from the specified limit, depending on the query
and the quality
of the system's random number generator.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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@@ -184,16 +183,16 @@
<para>
<acronym>GIN</acronym> doesn't support full index scans due to their
extreme
ly
inefficiency: because there are often many keys per value,
extreme inefficiency: because there are often many keys per value,
each heap pointer will returned several times.
</para>
<para>
When
extractQuery returns zero keys, <acronym>GIN</acronym> will emit a
error: for different opclasses and strategies the semantic meaning of a voi
d
query may be different (for example, any array contains the void array,
but they don't overlap the void array), and <acronym>GIN</acronym> can't
suggest
reasonable answer.
When
<function>extractQuery</function> returns zero keys,
<acronym>GIN</acronym> will emit an error: for different opclasses an
d
strategies the semantic meaning of a void query may be different (for
example, any array contains the void array, but they don't overlap the
void array), and <acronym>GIN</acronym> can't suggest a
reasonable answer.
</para>
<para>
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