Greetings,

* Amos Bird (amosb...@gmail.com) wrote:
> psql currently supports \di+ to view indexes,
> 
>                               List of relations
>  Schema |        Name        | Type  | Owner |  Table  |  Size  | Description
> --------+--------------------+-------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
>  public | ii                 | index | amos  | i       | 131 MB |
>  public | jj                 | index | amos  | i       | 12 MB  |
>  public | kk                 | index | amos  | i       | 456 kB |
>  public | numbers_mod2       | index | amos  | numbers | 10 MB  |
>  public | numbers_mod2_btree | index | amos  | numbers | 214 MB |
> (5 rows)
> 
> The co
> lumn "Type" is kinda useless (all equals to index). Representing
> the actual index type will be more interesting,

Agreed.

>  Schema |        Name        |     Type     | Owner |  Table  |  Size  | 
> Description
> --------+--------------------+--------------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
>  public | ii                 | index: gist  | amos  | i       | 131 MB |
>  public | jj                 | index: gin   | amos  | i       | 12 MB  |
>  public | kk                 | index: btree | amos  | i       | 456 kB |
>  public | numbers_mod2       | index: gin   | amos  | numbers | 10 MB  |
>  public | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos  | numbers | 214 MB |
> (5 rows)
> 
> I'm not sure where to add documentations about this patch or if needed one. 
> Please help
> me if you think this patch is useful.

I'm not sure why it's useful to keep the 'index:'?  I would suggest we
just drop that and keep only the actual index type (gist, gin, etc).

Thanks!

Stephen

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