Re: Index USING in pg_dump

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: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Index USING in pg_dump
Date: 2002-03-08 05:15:02
Message-ID: 5762.1015564502@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> This is possible because btree is the default. TODO item is:
> * Remove USING clause from pg_get_indexdef() if index is btree (Bruce)

I do not think this is necessary or helpful. The only possible
reason to change it would be if we thought btree might someday
not be the default index type --- but no such change is on the
horizon. And if one was, you've just embedded special knowledge
about btree in yet one more place...

regards, tom lane

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