Re: Another question on indexes (drop and recreate)

From: Yves Vindevogel <yves(dot)vindevogel(at)implements(dot)be>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Another question on indexes (drop and recreate)
Date: 2005-06-21 19:30:50
Message-ID: 3ac5308f2b422062e26c7eae705121a9@implements.be
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Ok, tnx !!

On 21 Jun 2005, at 18:54, John A Meinel wrote:

> Yves Vindevogel wrote:
>
>> I only add records, and most of the values are "random"
>> Except the columns for dates, ....
>
> I doubt that you would need to recreate indexes. That really only needs
> to be done in pathological cases, most of which have been fixed in the
> latest postgres.
>
> If you are only inserting (never updating or deleting), the index can
> never bloat, since you are only adding new stuff.
> (You cannot get dead items to bloat your index if you never delete
> anything.)
>
> John
> =:->
>
>
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Bien à vous,
Kind regards,

Yves Vindevogel
Implements

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