Waiting for 9.5 – Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of text datums.
On 19th of January, Robert Haas committed patch: Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of text datums. This commit extends the SortSupport infrastructure to allow operator classes the option to provide abbreviated representations of Datums; in the case of text, we abbreviate by taking the first few characters of the strxfrm() blob. If the … Continue reading “Waiting for 9.5 – Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of text datums.”