Re: Online index builds

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Online index builds
Date: 2006-08-01 12:28:50
Message-ID: 1034.1154435330@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX name ON table
> [ USING method ] [ [ENABLE] WRITE [ACCESS] ]
> ( { column | ( expression ) } [ opclass ] [, ...] )
> [ WITH ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ]
> [ TABLESPACE tablespace ]
> [ WHERE predicate ]

> This is clear, and adds no new keywords.

... and is very very painful for psql to parse. If you want this,
*you* write the patch for command_no_begin(). Be sure to handle
quoted and schema-qualified identifiers properly.

regards, tom lane

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