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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2011-02-08 23:04:18 +0200
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2011-02-08 23:04:18 +0200
commit414c5a2ea65cbd38d79ffdf9b1fde7cc75c134e0 (patch)
tree016efd0c7108f659ea4f3c52ea54d78e1e5449e1 /doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
parent1703f0e8da2e8e3eccb6e12879c011ba106f8a62 (diff)
Per-column collation support
This adds collation support for columns and domains, a COLLATE clause to override it per expression, and B-tree index support. Peter Eisentraut reviewed by Pavel Stehule, Itagaki Takahiro, Robert Haas, Noah Misch
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX [ CONCURRENTLY ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ] ON <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ USING <replaceable class="parameter">method</replaceable> ]
- ( { <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] )
+ ( { <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> | ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) } [ COLLATE <replaceable class="parameter">collation</replaceable> ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable> ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] [, ...] )
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">storage_parameter</replaceable> = <replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ]
[ TABLESPACE <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace</replaceable> ]
[ WHERE <replaceable class="parameter">predicate</replaceable> ]
@@ -182,6 +182,20 @@ CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX [ CONCURRENTLY ] [ <replaceable class="parameter">name</
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">collation</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the collation to use for the index. By default,
+ the index uses the collation declared for the column to be
+ indexed or the result collation of the expression to be
+ indexed. Indexes with nondefault collations are
+ available for use by queries that involve expressions using
+ nondefault collations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">opclass</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>