Re: [HACKERS] Enhancement suggestion

2005-02-02 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 09:50:16AM -0800, Dann Corbit wrote: > Obviously, you cannot create ordering in hash indexes, which is why > nobody else does that either. > > The list of relational database systems that offer asc/desc on btree > index files is quite extensive. How many in that list allow

Re: [HACKERS] Enhancement suggestion

2005-02-02 Thread Dann Corbit
bject: Re: [HACKERS] Enhancement suggestion "Dann Corbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Allow ASC/DESC direction modifiers for index columns. We aren't going to do that, because it would be a meaningless concept for indexes that don't impose a linear sort order (which i

Re: [HACKERS] Enhancement suggestion

2005-02-02 Thread Tom Lane
"Dann Corbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Allow ASC/DESC direction modifiers for index columns. We aren't going to do that, because it would be a meaningless concept for indexes that don't impose a linear sort order (which is to say, everything except btrees). The concept that actually fits int