| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
| Subject: | Re: Better name/syntax for "online" index creation |
| Date: | 2006-07-25 05:05:34 |
| Message-ID: | 5471.1153803934@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> OK, how about CREATE INDEX x NOLOCK ON tab ... Please don't use it as
> the first word. I am afraid we would regret that.
> Or maybe CREATE INDEX x ON tab NOLOCK.... Having the NOLOCK
> associated with the table name makes sense.
psql would be a lot happier if the NOLOCK keyword were in front of
either of the identifiers. Otherwise it's got to deal with quoting
and possible schema qualification.
I have no objection to either of these syntaxes as long as someone else
writes the psql patch, however ;-)
regards, tom lane
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