From 97072ad80c406e58b04d15204941889bf29d9c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:05:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove documentation mention that hash indexes perform no better than btree; keep mention about missing WAL logging. Kenneth Marshall --- doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml index 0993a8be03..d3d1baed24 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Indexes @@ -190,13 +190,10 @@ CREATE INDEX name ON table - Testing has shown PostgreSQL's hash - indexes to perform no better than B-tree indexes, and the - index size and build time for hash indexes is much worse. - Furthermore, hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged, + Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged, so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with REINDEX after a database crash. - For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged. + For this reason, hash index use is presently discouraged.