Re: CREATE IF NOT EXISTS INDEX

Since PostgreSQL started down that road for so many other relations, I
think many people just expect this to happen as a logical extension.

It certainly makes life a lot easier in combination with build
management systems.

/kirk

On 2014-09-30 16:43, Tom Lane wrote:

> =?UTF-8?Q?Fabr=C3=ADzio_de_Royes_Mello?= <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>
>> What's your thoughts about we implement IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE INDEX?
>
> It's got the same semantic problems as every other variant of CINE.
>
> If there were a huge groundswell of demand for it, maybe we'd hold our
> noses and do it anyway. But I'm against doing it without that.
>
> regards, tom lane