Re: Online index builds

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Ragnar <gnari(at)hive(dot)is>, Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Online index builds
Date: 2006-12-13 17:01:06
Message-ID: 8976.1166029266@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com> writes:
> With the "mess" you refer to the new index, and the fact it is
> impossible to delete it if not possible to replace the old one ? I fail
> to see why... you WILL get an exclusive lock, so you should be able to
> delete the index.

Consider the ALTER OWNER example ...

regards, tom lane

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