/A
>. It can
   be manually turned on or off by the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>BUFFERING</TT
> parameter
   to the CREATE INDEX command. The default behavior is good for most cases,
   but turning buffering off might speed up the build somewhat if the input
   data is ordered.
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