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diff --git a/contrib/btree_gist/README.btree_gist b/contrib/btree_gist/README.btree_gist deleted file mode 100644 index f54a300babe..00000000000 --- a/contrib/btree_gist/README.btree_gist +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -This is a B-Tree implementation using GiST that supports the int2, int4, -int8, float4, float8 timestamp with/without time zone, time -with/without time zone, date, interval, oid, money, macaddr, char, -varchar/text, bytea, numeric, bit, varbit and inet/cidr types. - -All work was done by Teodor Sigaev (teodor@stack.net) , Oleg Bartunov -(oleg@sai.msu.su), Janko Richter (jankorichter@yahoo.de). -See http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist for additional -information. - -NEWS: - - Apr 17, 2004 - Performance optimizing - - Jan 21, 2004 - add support for bytea, numeric, bit, varbit, inet/cidr - - Jan 17, 2004 - Reorganizing code and add support for char, varchar/text - - Jan 10, 2004 - btree_gist now support oid , timestamp with time zone , - time with and without time zone, date , interval - money, macaddr - - Feb 5, 2003 - btree_gist now support int2, int8, float4, float8 - -NOTICE: - This version will only work with PostgreSQL version 7.4 and above - because of changes in the system catalogs and the function call - interface. - - If you want to index varchar attributes, you have to index using - the function text(<varchar>): - Example: - CREATE TABLE test ( a varchar(23) ); - CREATE INDEX testidx ON test USING GIST ( text(a) ); - - -INSTALLATION: - - gmake - gmake install - -- load functions - psql <database> < btree_gist.sql - -REGRESSION TEST: - - gmake installcheck - -EXAMPLE USAGE: - - create table test (a int4); - -- create index - create index testidx on test using gist (a); - -- query - select * from test where a < 10; - |