Resolve "Enable btree_gin postgresql extension"
What does this MR do?
Enable the btree_gin
extension in PostgreSQL.
The current index on namespaces.traversal_ids
is a gin
index to maximize read query performance. A discussion of gin
vs gist
can be found at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/textsearch-indexes.html
Please also note this concern from @stanhu
Related issues
There is a corresponding documentation MR to complement this MR.
The btree_gin
extension is needed to create an index of traversal_ids, id
pairs. This index is needed to reduce the cost of group - project
joins.
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Closes #6223 (closed)
Edited by Alex Pooley