Re: Better name/syntax for "online" index creation

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: Better name/syntax for "online" index creation
Date: 2006-07-25 14:26:06
Message-ID: 200607251426.k6PEQ6u01682@momjian.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2006 06:55 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> > Or maybe CREATE INDEX x ON tab NOLOCK.... Having the NOLOCK
> > associated with the table name makes sense.
>
> Semantically, NOLOCK (or whatever word) seems most closely associated with
> CREATE INDEX, so having it as third word would make sense, and it would be
> quite easy to parse for psql.
>
> Strictly speaking, however, it would have to be NOLOCKLY in that case. :-)

We can use the same code we use in psql for tab completion to find a
keyword in the line.

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