Re: pgsql-server/src/backend catalog/index.c comma ...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Hiroshi Inoue" <inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql-server/src/backend catalog/index.c comma ...
Date: 2003-09-19 23:31:27
Message-ID: 12012.1064014287@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Hiroshi Inoue" <inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
>> Log message:
>> Seems like a bad idea that REINDEX TABLE supports (or
>> thinks it does)
>> reindexing system tables without ignoring system
>> indexes,

> Why ?

I'd ask the question the other way: why would it be a good idea to allow
this in REINDEX TABLE and not in the other two cases? And did it really
work?

The REINDEX code is messy and fragile enough that I think we should do
whatever we can to simplify it.

regards, tom lane

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