提交 9f9695a0 编写于 作者: S Simon Riggs

Clarify hash index caution and copy to CREATE INDEX docs

上级 22cc3b35
......@@ -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>
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......@@ -466,6 +466,18 @@ 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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