Re: REINDEX on large DB vs. DROP INDEX/CREATE INDEX

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Wes <wespvp(at)msg(dot)bt(dot)com>
Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: REINDEX on large DB vs. DROP INDEX/CREATE INDEX
Date: 2008-02-05 00:55:56
Message-ID: 11052.1202172956@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Wes <wespvp(at)msg(dot)bt(dot)com> writes:
> The reason for the huge change in the vacuum time is that the indexes are
> scanned in index order instead of disk order. I understand that is fixed in
> 8.2 or 8.3 (don't recall which I saw it in), but have never gotten
> confirmation from anyone on that.

Yeah, 8.2.

regards, tom lane

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