At least two other popular production database products provide true
serializability, as described in PostgreSQL documentation (section 12.2.2.1 of
8.1 devel). I'm a big fan of PosgreSQL, but let's not overstate things. Some
users may have applications with do depend on the true serializabilit
Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So isn't the following paragraph from "Multicolumn Indexes" out of
> date?
> The query planner can use a multicolumn index for queries that
> involve the leftmost column in the index definition plus any
> number of columns listed to the right of it,
David Fetter wrote:
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Integrating autovacuum into the server allows it to be
automatically started and stopped in sync with the database
server, and allows autovacuum to be configured from
! postgresql.conf.
The 8.1 Release Notes have the following item:
* Allow non-consecutive index columns to be used in a multi-column index
So isn't the following paragraph from "Multicolumn Indexes" out of
date?
The query planner can use a multicolumn index for queries that
involve the leftmost column in th
