REINDEX VERBOSE DATABASE not working

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "William Sescu (Suva)" <william(dot)sescu(at)suva(dot)ch>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: REINDEX VERBOSE DATABASE not working
Date: 2019-07-03 20:32:48
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbYdVU5gKT1Rs5=qEo81wcXJXsceaROyUdpxxpjf6gu7A@mail.gmail.com
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On Wednesday, July 3, 2019, William Sescu (Suva) <william(dot)sescu(at)suva(dot)ch>
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> Thanks for clarification. The REINDEX (VERBOSE) DATABASE xxx; works.
>
> However, the syntax is not intuitive, from my point of view.
>
> Would it not be possible to allow 2 options. One with (VERBOSE) for
> backward compatibility and one with VERBOSE
>
>
Its possible but such a patch would never be committed (did you read the
email thread?). Intuitiveness isn’t a huge concern here. Especially for a
command that isn’t intended to be run manually often.

The learning curve for PostgreSQL includes knowing where to find command
syntax and how to read it. Its a complex language that is constantly being
added to.

David J.

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