Re: Deadlock during CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY, but index still created

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Deadlock during CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY, but index still created
Date: 2011-05-18 15:32:59
Message-ID: 828vu4uiqc.fsf@mid.bfk.de
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* Scott Marlowe:

> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de> wrote:
>> I've run two CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY on the same table in parallel,
>> and one of them errored out with:
>> The curious thing is that both indexes were created.  I would have
>> expected that the creation of idx1 would be rolled back.
>>
>> Are both of the usable, or should I re-create idx1 from scratch?
>
> They should be marked invalid.

Ah, thanks, I see it now. I guess this answers my question. 8-)

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