61.4.1. GiST buffering build Building large GiST indexes by simply inserting all the tuples tends to be slow, because if the index

The PostgreSQL source distribution includes several examples of index methods implemented using GiST. The

Traditionally, implementing a new index access method meant a lot of difficult work. It was necessary to understand the inner workings of the database, such as the lock manager

The core PostgreSQL distribution includes the GiST operator classes shown in Table 61-1. (Some of the optional

GiST stands for Generalized Search Tree. It is a balanced, tree-structured access method, that acts as a base template in which to implement