CREATE ACCESS METHOD
A DDL command for defining an access method
CREATE ACCESS METHOD
is a DDL command for defining an access method.
CREATE ACCESS METHOD
was added in PostgreSQL 9.6.
Available access methods
As of PostgreSQL 12, both table and index access methods are supported.
In PostgreSQL 11 and earlier, only the index access method was available.
Notes
There is no ALTER ACCESS METHOD
command.
Tthe "heptree
" index access method noted in the documentation is fictitious.
Change history
- PostgreSQL 9.6
- added (commit 473b9328)
CREATE ACCESS METHOD
has not been modified since it was added in PostgreSQL 9.6.
References
- PostgreSQL documentation: CREATE ACCESS METHOD