On 2018-Nov-20, Tom Lane wrote:
> So what I think I should do is reformulate that discussion to talk
> about making covering indexes with INCLUDE, and then mention in
> passing that you can also do it without that as long as you don't mind
> the payload columns being part of the index semantics.
That seems sensible.
> I'm also wondering whether to move that section someplace earlier
> in chapter 11. Right now it's near the end because it's mostly
> info about an implementation detail; but it wouldn't be hard to
> make the argument that covering indexes are more important than,
> say, indexes with custom collations. Should we move it, and if
> so to where?
I think right next to 11.5, which currently completes the topic of how
are indexes used, is a good place.
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