Re: BUG #3723: dropping an index that doesn't refer to table's columns

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #3723: dropping an index that doesn't refer to table's columns
Date: 2007-11-06 15:00:43
Message-ID: 19344.1194361243@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Please explain how you thought it would help you do that, because
>> without some evidence that there's a use-case, I'm inclined to fix it
>> as above ...

> Note that it was a unique index:

Missed that --- obviously need more caffeine ...

> Not sure that's enough of a use case to justify not banning it...

Yeah, it probably is.

regards, tom lane

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