From df8186b28215bd4e98b441251908c8bb0fd6ffb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:07:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add note that partial indices are not currently supported.
---
doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
index ca472da29cf..db986593184 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
@@ -335,6 +335,17 @@ CREATE MEMSTORE ON <table> COLUMNS <cols>
</para>
</note>
+ <note>
+ <title>Note</title>
+ <para>
+ Partial indices are not currently supported by
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, but they were once supported
+ by its predecessor <productname>Postgres</productname>, and much
+ of the code is still there. We hope to revive support for this
+ feature someday.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<para>
A <firstterm>partial index</firstterm>
is an index built over a subset of a table; the subset is defined by
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