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3 | 3 | <chapter id="indexes">
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4 | 4 | <title id="indexes-title">Indexes</title>
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191 | 191 | <note>
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192 | 192 | <para>
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| - Testing has shown <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s hash |
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| - indexes to perform no better than B-tree indexes, and the |
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| - index size and build time for hash indexes is much worse. |
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| - Furthermore, hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged, |
| 193 | + Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged, |
197 | 194 | so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
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198 | 195 | after a database crash.
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| - Forthese reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged. |
| 196 | + Forthis reason, hash index use is presently discouraged. |
200 | 197 | </para>
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201 | 198 | </note>
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