Trevor Talbot wrote: > On 8/18/07, Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Remember an expression index can be a user-created function so you can > > embed whatever you want in your function and just index it's output, > > just like you would with a trigger creating a separate column. > > Well, you could create a function that returns a tsvector, but how do > you get that to work with queries? I've been under the impression the > expressions need to match (in the normal case, be the same function > with the same arguments) in order to use the index.
Yes, so you create a function called complex_ts and create the index: CREATE INDEX ii on x USING GIT(complex_ts(col1, col2)) and in your WHERE clause you do: WHERE 'a & b' @@ complex_ts(col1, col2) -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend