Clarify hash index caution and copy to CREATE INDEX docs

REL9_1_STABLE
Simon Riggs 13 years ago
parent 2883674274
commit 3877b1fa17
  1. 6
      doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
  2. 12
      doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml

@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ CREATE INDEX <replaceable>name</replaceable> ON <replaceable>table</replaceable>
<para>
Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
after a database crash. They are also not replicated over streaming or
file-based replication.
after a database crash if there were unwritten changes.
Also, changes to hash indexes are not replicated over streaming or
file-based replication after the initial base backup, so they
give wrong anwers to queries that subsequently use them.
For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged.
</para>
</caution>

@ -451,6 +451,18 @@ Indexes:
they can be useful.
</para>
<caution>
<para>
Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
after a database crash if there were unwritten changes.
Also, changes to hash indexes are not replicated over streaming or
file-based replication after the initial base backup, so they
give wrong anwers to queries that subsequently use them.
For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged.
</para>
</caution>
<para>
Currently, only the B-tree, GiST and GIN index methods support
multicolumn indexes. Up to 32 fields can be specified by default.

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