Commit e07d8949 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Update FAQ.

parent e05d2460
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Last updated: Tue May 22 17:50:25 EDT 2001 Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
...@@ -709,9 +709,9 @@ Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited ...@@ -709,9 +709,9 @@ Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited
column statistics on its own, so VACUUM ANALYZE must be run to collect column statistics on its own, so VACUUM ANALYZE must be run to collect
them periodically. them periodically.
Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY operations: a sequential Indexes are usually not used for ORDER BY or joins: a sequential scan
scan followed by an explicit sort is faster than an indexscan of all followed by an explicit sort is faster than an indexscan of all tuples
tuples of a large table, because it takes fewer disk accesses. of a large table, because it takes fewer disk accesses.
When using wild-card operators such as LIKE or ~, indices can only be When using wild-card operators such as LIKE or ~, indices can only be
used if the beginning of the search is anchored to the start of the used if the beginning of the search is anchored to the start of the
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Tue May 22 17:50:25 EDT 2001</P> <P>Last updated: Wed May 30 18:57:52 EDT 2001</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
...@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited ...@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ Maximum number of indexes on a table? unlimited
periodically.</P> periodically.</P>
<P>Indexes are usually not used for <SMALL>ORDER BY</SMALL> <P>Indexes are usually not used for <SMALL>ORDER BY</SMALL>
operations: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is or joins: a sequential scan followed by an explicit sort is
faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table, because it faster than an indexscan of all tuples of a large table, because it
takes fewer disk accesses.</P> takes fewer disk accesses.</P>
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