From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:07:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add note that partial indices are not currently supported.
X-Git-Tag: REL7_1~363
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=df8186b28215bd4e98b441251908c8bb0fd6ffb9;p=postgresql

Add note that partial indices are not currently supported.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
index ca472da29c..db98659318 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
@@ -335,6 +335,17 @@ CREATE MEMSTORE ON &lt;table&gt; COLUMNS &lt;cols&gt;
     </para>
    </note>
 
+   <note>
+    <title>Note</title>
+    <para>
+     Partial indices are not currently supported by
+     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, but they were once supported
+     by its predecessor <productname>Postgres</productname>, and much
+     of the code is still there.  We hope to revive support for this
+     feature someday.
+    </para>
+   </note>
+
    <para>
     A <firstterm>partial index</firstterm>
     is an index built over a subset of a table; the subset is defined by