"Lars Dybdahl" <ldybdahl@...> wrote:

>
> I don't think there is real disagreement on whether it makes sense to use
> hash indexes or not - we're basically just discussing where to put the
> feature.

Sorry, but I didn't see strong arguments in favour of hash indices yet. And,
looking at some other RDBMS, I see them adding hash indices to please 1% of
users and a few versions later declaring them deprecated. I doubt we need
this experience.

> However, there's demand for multiple storage engines, with each their

index

> types, and the ability to select engine type for each database table:

Is there really such a demand? I hope you don't want to suggest us the mess
existing for MySQL users.


Dmitry