| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Lista Postgres <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Should duplicate indexes on same column and same |
| Date: | 2006-12-13 23:54:52 |
| Message-ID: | 1166054092.6494.4.camel@localhost.localdomain |
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> > Sorry ,
> > i guess i digressed .
> > Lemme put the question once again.
> >
> > psql> CREATE INDEX x on test (col1);
> > psql> CREATE INDEX y on test (col1);
> >
> > What is (are) the downsides of disallowing the
> > second index. which is *exactly* same as
> > previous?
>
> The cost of preventing every stupid database use is too high.
Although a notice that says:
NOTICE: CREATE DUPLICATE INDEX y on test (col1);
Probably isn't out of order.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
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