Re: Better name/syntax for "online" index creation

From: "Paul S" <plabrh1(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Better name/syntax for "online" index creation
Date: 2006-07-26 21:58:57
Message-ID: 866624ef0607261458w93aa077nab31e085859d0def@mail.gmail.com
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Yeah, your probably right. :)

On 7/26/06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Paul Silveira <plabrh1(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > If I didn't know anything about PostgreSQL and read a manual about it's
> > indexing capabilities and read that it had ONLINE reindexing, the first
> > thing that I would think about was the ability to rebuild my indexes
> without
> > causing any blocking or writers or readers.
>
> Only because you're already familiar with Oracle --- it will not convey
> such a meaning to people who don't know that product.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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