Re: Bitmap Indexes: request for feedback

Gianni,

> me and Gabriele Bartolini have been working on Bitmap Indexes (BMI) in
> the last weeks, with advice and guidance from Simon Riggs. We feel
> that we are about to approach the point where it is appropriate to ask
> for feedback from this list.

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.

So performance testing of the patch is absolutely essential.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL
San Francisco