Episode 137
GIN Indexes
Postgres FM · Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides
March 14, 202540m 59s
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Show Notes
Nikolay and Michael discuss GIN indexes in Postgres — what they are, what they're used for, and some limitations to be aware of.
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
- GIN Indexes https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/gin.html
- Generalized Search Trees for Database Systems (Hellerstein, Naughton, Pfeffer) https://dsf.berkeley.edu/papers/vldb95-gist.pdf
- RUM extension https://pgxn.org/dist/rum/1.1.0/
- Understanding Postgres GIN Indexes: The Good and the Bad (Lukas Fittl) https://pganalyze.com/blog/gin-index
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Postgres FM is produced by:
- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
With credit to:
- Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork
Topics
PostgresPostgreSQLDatabasesSQLtechnology