Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > AFAICS two big problems with using an index type:
> 1. The index isn't told when the tuple is deleted. Hm, good point ... we could make it do so but for ordinary deletes it'd be a waste of cycles to open indexes at all. > 2. The server expects to be able to lookup an index. Only if there is a WHERE operator that matches the index's opclass. This hypothetical index type would probably have one dummy opclass containing no operators. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq