Re: [PATCH] Proposal to Enable/Disable Index using ALTER INDEX

Hello Hackers,

Looks like there may not be enough interest to port any functionality into core. So, just noting that I have withdrawn the patch from CommitFest[1]. Thank you for the good discussions and leanings.

[1] https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/5274/

Shayon

> On Aug 11, 2025, at 6:22 AM, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 01:19:46PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> Sami has proposed a patch for pg_hint_plan that goes in the direction
>> of a DisableIndex hint, which is doable even if it requires some work
>> inside the extension code like some refactoring:
>> https://github.com/ossc-db/pg_hint_plan/issues/226
>>
>> So I cannot say much about this proposal for core, but for
>> pg_hint_plan I'm looking at adding that for the v18 release of the
>> module, which is planned for the end of August/beginning of September.
>
> FWIW, I have been able to merge the patch to add support for this
> DisableIndex hint in pg_hint_plan. So at least this will give people
> something to toy with even without this in-core feature. That will be
> included in next week's release, available in the version of the
> module compatible with v18.
> --
> Michael