Re: TOAST index naming consistency

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: TOAST index naming consistency
Date: 2002-04-14 23:54:56
Message-ID: 200204142354.g3ENsup16244@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> > Neil Conway wrote:
> >> The indexes on most system catalogs are named with the suffix "_index";
> >> not so with TOAST table indexes, which use "_idx". This trivial patch
> >> changes TOAST table index names to use the "_index" suffix for
> >> consistency.
>
> Has any thought been given to what this might break?

My assumption was that TOAST was pretty much a black box to anything
outside the backend, especially its indexes. If there are issues, would
someone let us know.

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