Indices or Indexes

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Justin Clift wrote:

Hi guys,

Just noticed that Section 7.2 of the Users Guide (devel docs) is called
"Indexes". I was under the impression the "correct" terminology should
be "Indices".

Now I'm really unsure, as I imagine a *lot* of people have already
looked at this. Should it be changed?

Check the hackers archives. I don't recall how long ago but it was
discussed [I would guess] in the last year. A search for indices or
indicies should find it.

Vince.
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Justin Clift writes:

Just noticed that Section 7.2 of the Users Guide (devel docs) is called
"Indexes". I was under the impression the "correct" terminology should
be "Indices".

It's "indexes" for a database index, and "indices" for an array index. At
least that's what some big dictionary once revealed to us.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net

Hi Peter,

Cool. Thanks for the info, I'll make sure to get it right from here on.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Justin Clift writes:

Just noticed that Section 7.2 of the Users Guide (devel docs) is called
"Indexes". I was under the impression the "correct" terminology should
be "Indices".

It's "indexes" for a database index, and "indices" for an array index. At
least that's what some big dictionary once revealed to us.

--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net

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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:

Justin Clift writes:

Just noticed that Section 7.2 of the Users Guide (devel docs) is called
"Indexes". I was under the impression the "correct" terminology should
be "Indices".

It's "indexes" for a database index, and "indices" for an array index. At
least that's what some big dictionary once revealed to us.

I argued that the OED could be taken to say that, and people seemed to
be willing to accept it:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2001-04/msg00029.php

The docs we inherited from Berkeley mostly use "indices", but we've been
trying to convert over.

regards, tom lane