From 99ef5152801789dfe04b76a4feb675e4191b72e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:54:31 +0000 Subject: Revert removal of pre-7.4 documenation behavior mentions. --- doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml index fa9fecf5ba3..1da74b9fa3d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Interfacing Extensions To Indexes @@ -895,6 +895,16 @@ ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY integer_ops USING btree ADD try to use these SQL features with the data type. + + + In PostgreSQL versions before 7.4, + sorting and grouping operations would implicitly use operators named + =, <, and >. The new + behavior of relying on default operator classes avoids having to make + any assumption about the behavior of operators with particular names. + + + Another important point is that an operator that appears in a hash operator family is a candidate for hash joins, -- cgit v1.2.3