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* Improve speed with indexes

  For large table adjustments during VACUUM FULL, it is faster to cluster
  or reindex rather than update the index.  Also, index updates can bloat
  the index.

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-z
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:      Mon May 28 19:56:23 EDT 2007
+Last updated:      Wed May 30 15:07:10 EDT 2007
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -1169,8 +1168,8 @@ Vacuum
   For large table adjustments during VACUUM FULL, it is faster to cluster
   or reindex rather than update the index.  Also, index updates can bloat
   the index.
-
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg00024.php
+  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2007-05/msg00296.php
 
 * Reduce lock time during VACUUM FULL by moving tuples with read lock,
   then write lock and truncate table

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-z
-PostgreSQL TODO List
-
-Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:           Mon May 28 19:56:23 EDT 2007
-
+PostgreSQL TODO List
+Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
+Last updated:           Wed May 30 15:07:10 EDT 2007
+
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
 
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ you would like to work on an item, please read the Developer's FAQ
 first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 http://developer.postgresql.org.
 
-1">Administration
+2">Administration
 
 
   Allow major upgrades without dump/reload, perhaps using pg_upgrade 
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 
   
 
-2">Monitoring
+3">Monitoring
 
 
   Allow server log information to be output as INSERT statements
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 
   -Add ability to monitor the use of temporary sort files
 
-3">Data Types
+4">Data Types
 
 
   -Make 64-bit version of the MONEY data type
@@ -309,7 +307,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
     
   
 
-4">Functions
+5">Functions
 
 
   Allow INET subnet tests using non-constants to be indexed
@@ -365,7 +363,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   e.g. box @> point
 
 
-5">Multi-Language Support
+6">Multi-Language Support
 
 
   Add NCHAR (as distinguished from ordinary varchar),
@@ -406,7 +404,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg00767.php
 
 
-6">Views / Rules
+7">Views / Rules
 
 
   Automatically create rules on views so they are updateable, per SQL99
@@ -423,7 +421,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   are added after the view is created.
 
 
-7">SQL Commands
+8">SQL Commands
 
 
   Add CORRESPONDING BY to UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT
@@ -720,7 +718,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
     
   
 
-8">Clients
+9">Clients
 
 
   Have pg_ctl look at PGHOST in case it is a socket directory?
@@ -834,7 +832,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 
   
 
-9">Triggers
+10">Triggers
 
 
   Add deferred trigger queue file
@@ -869,7 +867,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-02/msg01466.php
 
 
-0">Dependency Checking
+1">Dependency Checking
 
 
   -Flush cached query plans when the dependent objects change or
@@ -878,7 +876,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   -Invalidate prepared queries, like INSERT, when the table definition
   is altered
 
-1">Indexes
+2">Indexes
 
 
   Add UNIQUE capability to non-btree indexes
@@ -951,7 +949,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 
   
 
-2">Fsync
+3">Fsync
 
 
   Improve commit_delay handling to reduce fsync()
@@ -969,7 +967,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-01/msg00079.php
 
 
-3">Cache Usage
+4">Cache Usage
 
 
   Allow free-behind capability for large sequential scans, perhaps using
@@ -1034,15 +1032,15 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-01/msg00752.php
 
 
-4">Vacuum
+5">Vacuum
 
 
   Improve speed with indexes
   For large table adjustments during VACUUM FULL, it is faster to cluster
   or reindex rather than update the index.  Also, index updates can bloat
   the index.
->
-  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg00024.php
+  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-03/msg00024.php>
+  http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2007-05/msg00296.php
 
   Reduce lock time during VACUUM FULL by moving tuples with read lock,
   then write lock and truncate table
@@ -1104,7 +1102,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
 
   
 
-5">Locking
+6">Locking
 
 
   Fix priority ordering of read and write light-weight locks (Neil)
@@ -1124,7 +1122,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   Add idle_in_transaction_timeout GUC so locks are not held for long
   periods of time
 
-6">Startup Time Improvements
+7">Startup Time Improvements
 
 
   Experiment with multi-threaded backend for backend creation [thread]
@@ -1147,7 +1145,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   existing backends is one of the difficulties with a backend approach.
 
 
-7">Write-Ahead Log
+8">Write-Ahead Log
 
 
   Eliminate need to write full pages to WAL before page modification [wal]
@@ -1213,7 +1211,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   of indexes on TOAST tables.
 
 
-8">Optimizer / Executor
+9">Optimizer / Executor
 
 
   Improve selectivity functions for geometric operators
@@ -1238,7 +1236,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-01/msg00096.php
 
 
-19">Miscellaneous Performance
+20">Miscellaneous Performance
 
 
   Do async I/O for faster random read-ahead of data
@@ -1283,7 +1281,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-01/msg00752.php
 
 
-0">Source Code
+1">Source Code
 
 
   Add use of 'const' for variables in source tree
@@ -1368,7 +1366,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
           of result sets using new statement protocol
   
 
-1">Exotic Features
+2">Exotic Features
 
 
   Add pre-parsing phase that converts non-ISO syntax to supported
@@ -1396,7 +1394,7 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg01527.php
 
 
-2">Features We Do Not Want
+3">Features We Do Not Want
 
 
   All backends running as threads in a single process (not wanted)