diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml index 0e92b3c65522d77f20cdaba852ffcc6a60c523a0..68d3123ef853919b70122c37d1d063e8ceb6980b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml,v 1.60 2007/04/25 19:48:27 neilc Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml,v 1.61 2007/12/02 04:36:40 tgl Exp $ --> <sect1 id="xindex"> <title>Interfacing Extensions To Indexes</title> @@ -893,6 +893,13 @@ ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY integer_ops USING btree ADD any assumption about the behavior of operators with particular names. </para> </note> + + <para> + Another important point is that an operator that + appears in a hash operator family is a candidate for hash joins, + hash aggregation, and related optimizations. The hash operator family + is essential here since it identifies the hash function(s) to use. + </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="xindex-opclass-features"> @@ -950,7 +957,7 @@ CREATE OPERATOR CLASS polygon_ops is used. In GIN, the <literal>STORAGE</> type identifies the type of the <quote>key</> values, which normally is different from the type of the indexed column — for example, an operator class for - integer array columns might have keys that are just integers. The + integer-array columns might have keys that are just integers. The GIN <function>extractValue</> and <function>extractQuery</> support routines are responsible for extracting keys from indexed values. </para>