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Re: GiST insert algorithm rewrite

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>, Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
Date: 2010-11-16T20:46:15Z
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Oh.  So do the indexes just degrade over time until they eventually
> need to be REINDEX'd?

At some point you might reach a state where a reindex would be helpful.
But the same is true of btrees.  I don't think this is a serious
objection, at least not unless backed by evidence that the tree often
degrades rapidly.  Anyway fixing it would be material for a different
patch.

			regards, tom lane