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Tom Lane b663f3443b Add a bunch of pseudo-types to replace the behavior formerly associated with OPAQUE, as per recent pghackers discussion. I still want to do some more work on the 'cstring' pseudo-type, but I'm going to commit the bulk of the changes now before the tree starts shifting under me ...		2002-08-22 00:01:51 +00:00
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data	New contrib module for BTREE emulation in GiST.	2001-08-22 18:27:54 +00:00
expected	Update incorrect expected file. Use 'timestamp without time zone'	2001-10-03 18:39:12 +00:00
sql	Update incorrect expected file. Use 'timestamp without time zone'	2001-10-03 18:39:12 +00:00
btree_gist.c	Please, apply attached patch of contrib/btree_gist to 7.2.1 and current	2002-02-22 05:47:50 +00:00
btree_gist.sql.in	Add a bunch of pseudo-types to replace the behavior formerly associated	2002-08-22 00:01:51 +00:00
Makefile	To fix the perpetually broken makefiles in the contrib tree, I have	2001-09-06 10:49:30 +00:00
README.btree_gist	New contrib module for BTREE emulation in GiST.	2001-08-22 18:27:54 +00:00

README.btree_gist

This is B-Tree implementation using GiST for int4 and 
timestamp types.

All work was done by Teodor Sigaev (teodor@stack.net) and Oleg Bartunov
(oleg@sai.msu.su). See http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist
for additional information.

NOTICE:
     This version will works only with postgresql version 7.2 and above
     because of changes in interface of function calling and in system
     tables.

INSTALLATION:

  gmake
  gmake install
  -- load functions
  psql <database> < btree_gist.sql

REGRESSION TEST:

   gmake installcheck

EXAMPLE USAGE:

   create table test (a int4);
   -- create index
   create index testidx on test using gist (a);
   -- query
   select * from test where a < 10;