Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-06 Thread Tom Lane
Mike Christensen m...@kitchenpc.com writes: Thanks! One thing that still confuses me is the difference between IN and OR. With this query: explain analyze select * from foobar where d in (500, 750); It scans the d index only once: 'Bitmap Heap Scan on foobar (cost=10.03..400.63

[GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Mike Christensen
Hi - I'm trying to increase my general knowledge about how indexes work in databases. Though my questions are probably general and implemented in a similar way across major relational DBs, I'm also curious as to how they're implemented in Postgres specifically (mainly because I like PG, and am

Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Dann Corbit
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work Hi - I'm trying to increase my general knowledge about how indexes work in databases. Though my questions are probably general and implemented in a similar way across major relational DBs, I'm also

Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Mike Christensen
such as: sql cost based optimizer -Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Mike Christensen Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:25 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit

Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: Mike Christensen [mailto:m...@kitchenpc.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:28 PM To: Dann Corbit Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work I'm aware of how B-Trees work, but I only understand them

Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Chris Curvey
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Mike Christensen m...@kitchenpc.com wrote: Hi - I'm trying to increase my general knowledge about how indexes work in databases. Though my questions are probably general and implemented in a similar way across major relational DBs, I'm also curious as to how

Re: [GENERAL] I'd like to learn a bit more about how indexes work

2012-06-05 Thread Mike Christensen
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Chris Curvey ch...@chriscurvey.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Mike Christensen m...@kitchenpc.com wrote: Hi - I'm trying to increase my general knowledge about how indexes work in databases.  Though my questions are probably general and