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Re:Making Database Systems Usable by Izkata on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @07:45PM (#41315305)
> Off the top of my head, Postgres can scan in the following ways: sequential scan, parallel sequential scan, index scan, parallel index scan, index-only scan, and bitmap scan.

I don't think that last one is a thing. There is both "bitmap heap scan" and "bitmap index scan" though.

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Re:Making Database Systems Usable by sgarland on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:53AM (#41319718)
It’s the generalized parent of both of those (since you will not see one without the other). You’re technically correct, but I’m also not the only one [0] who uses this term.

[0]: https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/postgresql-indexing-i...

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