Re: Indexes vs. cache flushes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Indexes vs. cache flushes
Date: 2006-01-19 20:34:56
Message-ID: 8661.1137702896@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> writes:
> How would this affect changing the type of a column?

It doesn't, because we drop and rebuild indexes completely during ALTER
COLUMN TYPE.

regards, tom lane

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