Add index mention:

    In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
    types exactly match the index's column types.  This is particularly
    true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.

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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
                                        
-   Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004
+   Last updated: Tue Aug 31 23:28:02 EDT 2004
    
    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
    
@@ -797,6 +797,10 @@
        section 4.12.
      * The default C locale must be used during initdb.
        
+   In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
+   types exactly match the index's column types. This is particularly
+   true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.
+   
     4.9) How do I see how the query optimizer is evaluating my query?
     
    See the EXPLAIN manual page.

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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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     Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
 
-    Last updated: Wed Aug 25 23:18:13 EDT 2004
+    Last updated: Tue Aug 31 23:28:02 EDT 2004
 
     Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (
     "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected])
@@ -1001,6 +1001,10 @@
     
     
 
+    In pre-8.0 releases, indexes often can not be used unless the data
+    types exactly match the index's column types.  This is particularly
+    true of int2, int8, and numeric column indexes.
+
     4.9) How do I see how the query optimizer is
     evaluating my query?