Re: Contrib reindex script:

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(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 20:38:02
Message-ID: 29345.1024000682@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

regards, tom lane

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