Re: creating index names automatically?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> >> Could we create an option to create index names automatically, so you'd
> >> only have to write
>
> >> CREATE INDEX ON foo (a);
>
> >> which would pick a name like foo_a_idx.
>
> Having done all the groundwork to support that nicely, I find that it
> doesn't work because of bison limitations :-(. AFAICT, the only way
> we could support this syntax would be to make ON a reserved word.
> Or at least more reserved than it is now. We used up all the wiggle
> room we had by making CONCURRENTLY non-reserved.

And here's Simon talking about making CONCURRENTLY more reserved so that
people stop creating indexes named "concurrently" ...

http://database-explorer.blogspot.com/2009/09/create-index-concurrently.html

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