Re: [GENERAL] Q: documentation bug ?

On 02/04/2016 11:53 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> the online documentation for REINDEX
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/sql-reindex.html
>
> talks about VERBOSE
>
> Synopsis
>
> REINDEX [ ( { VERBOSE } [, ...] ) ] { INDEX | TABLE | SCHEMA | DATABASE | SYSTEM } name
>
> [...]
>
> VERBOSE
>
> Prints a progress report as each index is reindexed.
>
> but
>
> gnumed_v21=> reindex verbose database 'gnumed_v21';
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "verbose"
> ZEILE 1: reindex verbose database 'gnumed_v21';
>
> Does this constitute a bug in the documentation or in the Debian version of PG ?

Neither. It's a little bit obscure because {} and [] mean special
things, but () doesn't. The syntax is therefore:

REINDEX (VERBOSE) DATABASE gnumed_v21;
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