Re: Bitmap Indexes: request for feedback

Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> The other major issue with the Bitmap index patch as it stood in 2007 was 
>> that performance just wasn't that much faster than a btree, except for 
>> specific corner cases.  Otherwise, someone else would have been interested 
>> enough to pick it up and finish it.

> Actually as I recall the immediate issue was that the patch was more complex
> than necessary.

Well, yeah, but if the performance isn't there then who's going to spend
time refactoring the code?

			regards, tom lane