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Scanning in other File Structures

Above examples are for heap files
  • simple, unordered, maybe indexed, no hashing
Other access file structures in PostgreSQL:
  • btree, hash, gist, gin
  • each implements:
    • startscan, getnext, endscan
    • insert, delete  (update=delete+insert)
    • other file-specific operators