Re: primary key
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Sandeep Joshi <sjoshi@Zambeel.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-11-29T05:17:26Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Sandeep Joshi <sjoshi@Zambeel.com> writes: > When we specify "primary key" while creating a table, what kind of > index is created? btree. btree is the default index type in all cases in Postgres. It's considerably better tested than the other types, as well as better- performing under concurrent access. That's not necessarily an inherent property of btrees in general, but I think it's a safe comment about the code that actually exists in Postgres... regards, tom lane