Why would you then drop the index? Performance and storage issues? I imagine
that I would cluster the table at regular intervals to maintain the ordering,
so I'd need to to keep the index around, yes?
--- PFC <lists@boutiquenumerique.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Is it even possible to cluster a table based on the clustering scheme
> > (which is
> > not the link_id ...) from the master table?
> >
> > Can you gurus think of a better strategy? :) (Please??) :)
>
> You can create a functional index on a function which returns the desired
> order by looking in the main table, cluster it, then drop the index...
>
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> TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
> match
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