Re: CREATE INDEX USING documentation

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: robertcorrington(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CREATE INDEX USING documentation
Date: 2022-08-12 15:26:05
Message-ID: YvZxDRitA05WJGLS@momjian.us
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On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 12:46:31PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 11:01:58PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-createindex.html
> > Description:
> >
> > In the CREATE INDEX
> > synopsis(https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createindex.html), the
> > USING method parameter is listed, however in the PARAMETERS section USING is
> > never fully described, nor is there a link to the very help 11.2 Index Types
> > page (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/indexes-types.html).
>
> Well, that is certainly odd. The attached patch adds a description of
> the option, and a link to the chapter you suggested.

Backpatched to PG 10. Thanks for the report, and it is very odd this
was undocumented for so long.

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