Re: WIP: Covering + unique indexes.

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Anastasia Lubennikova <lubennikovaav@gmail.com>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Aleksander Alekseev <a.alekseev@postgrespro.ru>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Date: 2017-04-02T23:44:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru> wrote:
> Any objection from reviewers to push both patches?

I object.

Unfortunately, it seems very unlikely that we'll be able to get the
patch into shape in the allotted time before feature-freeze, even with
the 1 week extension.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan


Commits

  1. Adjust INCLUDE index truncation comments and code.

  2. Add commentary explaining why MaxIndexTuplesPerPage calculation is safe.

  3. Indexes with INCLUDE columns and their support in B-tree

  4. Add amcheck verification of heap relations belonging to btree indexes.

  5. Doc: move info for btree opclass implementors into main documentation.

  6. Doc: mention that you can't PREPARE TRANSACTION after NOTIFY.

  7. Remove dedicated B-tree root-split record types.

  8. Restructure index access method API to hide most of it at the C level.

  9. Split _bt_insertonpg to two functions.

  10. Major overhaul of btree index code. Eliminate special BTP_CHAIN logic for