Re: [HACKERS] No heap lookups on index

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Glen Parker <glenebob@nwlink.com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-01-19T03:11:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
Glen Parker wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> >>What ever happened to grouped heap reads, i.e. building a list of tuples 
> >>from the index, sorting in heap order, then reading the heap in a batch? 
> > 
> > 
> > Done in 8.1.  I'm uncertain whether Scott knows about that ...
> 
> That's GREAT news!  Is that the "Bitmap Scan" item in the what's new 
> list (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew)?  I didn't even notice it 

Yes.

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