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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2005-06-20 14:53:32 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2005-06-20 14:53:32 +0000
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Remove statement that GiST indexes aren't WAL-logged.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml14
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
index 9577a0768a9..f2a58339303 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.18 2005/05/17 00:59:30 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.19 2005/06/20 14:53:32 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="GiST">
@@ -186,11 +186,9 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.18 2005/05/17 00:59:30 neilc Exp $
<para>
The current implementation of <acronym>GiST</acronym> within
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has some major limitations:
- <acronym>GiST</acronym> access is not concurrent; the
+ <acronym>GiST</acronym> index access is not concurrent, and the
<acronym>GiST</acronym> interface doesn't allow the development of certain
- data types, such as digital trees (see papers by Aoki et al); and there
- is not yet any support for write-ahead logging of updates in
- <acronym>GiST</acronym> indexes.
+ data types, such as digital trees (see papers by Aoki et al).
</para>
<para>
@@ -199,12 +197,6 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml,v 1.18 2005/05/17 00:59:30 neilc Exp $
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> implementation.
</para>
- <para>
- The lack of write-ahead logging is just a small matter of programming,
- but since it isn't done yet, a crash could render a <acronym>GiST</acronym>
- index inconsistent, forcing a <command>REINDEX</command>.
- </para>
-
</sect1>
<sect1 id="examples">