| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Online index builds |
| Date: | 2006-08-01 13:20:03 |
| Message-ID: | 200608011320.k71DK3303480@momjian.us |
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> > > It's not particularly clear to me. On its face this seems to me to imply
> > > something about how the index will be able to be used, not about how it
> > > is to be built.
> >
> > Yea, that was always a confusion. CREATE CONCURRENT INDEX has the same
> > problem. We need something that talks about the build-time behavior.
>
> How about
>
> CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY?
Yea, that actually sounds pretty good. Though a new keyword, it might
be the best solution.
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