Re: BUG #6734: create table (like ...) fails if an index has a comment

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Daniele Varrazzo <daniele(dot)varrazzo(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Wouldn't it be better to call the indexes NEWTABLE_OLDINDEXNAME?
>
> Then the CREATE LIKE command would fail altogether if that name were
> already taken. Postponing the selection of the index name to the time
> when DefineIndex runs is really the only safe thing.

I've actually suggested to keep the numeric suffix to disambiguate in
case the name is already taken, as I assume the current "create like"
does. However this is not strictly related to the bug, it's more an
usability problem, so won't bother you with it anymore.

-- Daniele