Mark Mielke wrote: >saved - we're talking about 154 Kbytes saved on both those indices >combined. Minor? Major? I bet I wouldn't notice unless my database >requirements used up all RAM, and even then I'm suspecting it wouldn't >matter except for border line cases (like all pages required for >everything else happened to equal 4 Gbytes near exactly).
There is always only so much of 1st level and 2nd level cache; for those the savings might well make a difference, even on multigigabyte databases. -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg. Life is that brief interlude between nothingness and eternity. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers