Bit Filters

Started by Carles Beltran Vazquezalmost 23 years ago3 messages
#1Carles Beltran Vazquez
Carles.Beltran-Vazquez@estudiant.upc.es

Yeeep,

Do anyone know if PostgreSQL has an implementation of Bit Filters or if
anyone else i working on it actually?

Thx in advance ...

#2Hannu Krosing
hannu@tm.ee
In reply to: Carles Beltran Vazquez (#1)
Re: Bit Filters

Carles Beltran Vazquez kirjutas T, 08.04.2003 kell 23:18:

Yeeep,

Do anyone know if PostgreSQL has an implementation of Bit Filters or
if
anyone else i working on it actually?

Could you explain what you mean by Bit Filters ?

Are they similar to bitmap indexes ?

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Hannu

#3Sailesh Krishnamurthy
sailesh@cs.berkeley.edu
In reply to: Hannu Krosing (#2)
Re: Bit Filters

"Hannu" == Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee> writes:

Hannu> Carles Beltran Vazquez kirjutas T, 08.04.2003 kell 23:18:

Yeeep,

Do anyone know if PostgreSQL has an implementation of Bit
Filters or if anyone else i working on it actually?

Hannu> Could you explain what you mean by Bit Filters ?

Hannu> Are they similar to bitmap indexes ?

Maybe he means Bloom Filters ?

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