| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, sthomas(at)townnews(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Contrib reindex script: |
| Date: | 2002-06-13 22:11:34 |
| Message-ID: | 200206132211.g5DMBYx10018@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Personally I think putting development effort into REINDEX is a waste of
> >> manpower. Study how to make btree collapse out empty pages, instead.
>
> > Agreed, but what plans do we have to fix it? I have heard no proposals,
> > and it has been a known problem for years.
>
> Lots of important things have been on the TODO list for years.
> Diverting effort into third-best substitutes isn't going to help get
> them done faster.
Well, not providing tools for people to work around the problem seems
wrong too.
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