Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Currently used with Oracle databases thru their Extensible >> Indexing Cartridge. >> What we are interested in is finding out whether or not we can use our >> technology directly with PostgreSQL. That would involve, from a overly >> simplistic vie

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Oleg Bartunov wrote: Marc, On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: I believe that this is what Oleg et al tap into with the tsearch2 stuff, no? I have someone asking me about it, and want to make sure that I'm telling him the rig

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Summary: "Currently used with Oracle databases thru their Extensible Indexing Cartridge. What we are interested in is finding out whether or not we can use our technology directly with PostgreSQL. That would involve, from a overly simplistic view, allowing Postgres to use external indexes." Does t

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe that this is what Oleg et al tap into with the tsearch2 stuff, > no? I have someone asking me about it, and want to make sure that I'm > telling him the right answer ... is this what GiST is? Better ask what he means by "external" exact

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Oleg Bartunov wrote: Marc, On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: I believe that this is what Oleg et al tap into with the tsearch2 stuff, no? I have someone asking me about it, and want to make sure that I'm telling him the right answer ... is this what GiST is? And, if

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Oleg Bartunov
Marc, On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: I believe that this is what Oleg et al tap into with the tsearch2 stuff, no? I have someone asking me about it, and want to make sure that I'm telling him the right answer ... is this what GiST is? And, if so, what is a *good* doc for me to poin

Re: [HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread pgsql
I haven't worked with GiST, although I have been curious from time to time. Just never had the time to sit, read, and try out the GiST system. On my text search system (FTSS) I use functions that return sets of data. It make be easier to implement that than a GiST. Basically, I create a unique ID

[HACKERS] "external indices" ...

2005-02-08 Thread Marc G. Fournier
I believe that this is what Oleg et al tap into with the tsearch2 stuff, no? I have someone asking me about it, and want to make sure that I'm telling him the right answer ... is this what GiST is? And, if so, what is a *good* doc for me to point them at to get up to speed with it? Is what w