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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-09-01 03:28:15 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2004-09-01 03:28:15 +0000
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Add index mention:
<P>In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data types exactly match the index's column types. This is particularly true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.</P>
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diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index dadedbbfb44..3c43a8b32d0 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004
+ Last updated: Tue Aug 31 23:28:02 EDT 2004
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -797,6 +797,10 @@
section 4.12.
* The default C locale must be used during initdb.
+ In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
+ types exactly match the index's column types. This is particularly
+ true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.
+
4.9) How do I see how the query optimizer is evaluating my query?
See the EXPLAIN manual page.
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 37e4c969c52..47c00659bc6 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Tue Aug 31 23:28:02 EDT 2004</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -1001,6 +1001,10 @@
</UL>
<P>
+ <P>In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
+ types exactly match the index's column types. This is particularly
+ true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.</P>
+
<H4><A name="4.9">4.9</A>) How do I see how the query optimizer is
evaluating my query?</H4>