-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml,v 1.75 2008/09/23 09:20:34 heikki Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml,v 1.76 2009/02/07 20:05:44 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="indexes">
<title id="indexes-title">Indexes</title>
<note>
<para>
- Testing has shown <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s hash
- indexes to perform no better than B-tree indexes, and the
- index size and build time for hash indexes is much worse.
- Furthermore, hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
+ Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
after a database crash.
- For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged.
+ For this reason, hash index use is presently discouraged.
</para>
</note>