Re: Commercial postgresql

>>>>> "SD" == Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> writes:

>> Reindexing a table takes an exclusive table lock. If I did it inside
>> a transaction, wouldn't it still take that lock and block out all
>> other access?

SD> Well, you donm't need to reindex as such. You can create a new index from
SD> scratch and drop the old one inside a transaction.

What about the primary keys? How do you create a new primary key
without first dropping the old one?

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