Re: [HACKERS] Re: Browsing the tables and why pgsql does not perform well
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: brett@abraxas.scene.com (Brett McCormick)
Cc: hannu@trust.ee, scrappy@hub.org, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-25T00:26:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > On Sat, 24 January 1998, at 09:36:41, Hannu Krosing wrote: > > > The main problem is that PostgreSQL does not use index for sorting and > > thus really does a > > "copy" of the whole table and then sorts it before it can use a few rows > > from the beginning. > > > > Using indexes for sorting as well as selecting is on the TODO list, but > > seems to be not very high priority. > > It doesn't seem like it would be very difficult -- I'd be happy to > tackle it if given some pointers in the right direction (I am a newbie > pgsql-hacker and I'm looking for work! give me some!!) > It is so complicated, I can not even suggest where to start. -- Bruce Momjian maillist@candle.pha.pa.us