Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> Tom Lane napsal(a):
>> Cutting a third off the size of a system index has got to be worth
>> something, but is it worth a hack as ugly as this one?
> The problem what I see there is how to fit with in-place-upgrade. Catalog should
> be generate from scratch, but if somebody uses name in regular table it invokes
> request for reindex.
Actually, an existing index stored as "name" would continue to work
fine, so I think this could be worked around. But in any case name is
deprecated for user use, so anyone who suffers a reindex has only
themselves to blame.
regards, tom lane