Re: In 7.3.1, will I be able to reindex toast?

From: Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: In 7.3.1, will I be able to reindex toast?
Date: 2003-02-16 08:50:57
Message-ID: 200302160950.57788.mweilguni@sime.com
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Am Samstag, 15. Februar 2003 16:49 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com> writes:
> > Hmm... how about pg_largeobject?
> > It seems to be treated like a system table, but I think it is not
> > necessary. Does the reindex command simply check the "pg_" prefix?
>
> As of 7.3, I believe it treats any table living in the pg_catalog schema
> as a system table. Certainly, a lot of these tables are not all that
> special and could be reindexed without going to standalone mode.
>
> It might be sufficient to insist on standalone reindexing just for the
> three or four tables that have nailed-in-cache indexes. I'm not sure
> though. Hiroshi, what do you think?

And what about adding a column "indissystem" to pg_index and setting this to true for system indexes, false otherwise?
Then there would be no need to hardwire the reindex logic.

Regards,
Mario Weilguni

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