Doc patch for create index
A doc patch to add an example of what an invalid index looks like in psql, as
requested by a commenter and Bruce.
Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
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RCS file: /home/stark/src/REPOSITORY/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.60
diff -c -r1.60 create_index.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml 31 Jan 2007 23:26:03 -0000 1.60
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml 3 Apr 2007 17:19:25 -0000
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*** 332,338 ****
uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</>
command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index
will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete;
! however it will still consume update overhead. The recommended recovery
method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform
<command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>. (Another possibility is to rebuild
the index with <command>REINDEX</>. However, since <command>REINDEX</>
--- 332,352 ----
uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</>
command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index
will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete;
! however it will still consume update overhead. The <application>psql</>
! <command>\d</> command will mark such an <quote>invalid</> index as such:
!
! <programlisting>
! postgres=# \d tab
! Table "public.tab"
! Column | Type | Modifiers
! --------+---------+-----------
! col | integer |
! Indexes:
! "idx" btree (col) INVALID
! </programlisting>
!
! The recommended recovery
method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform
<command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>. (Another possibility is to rebuild
the index with <command>REINDEX</>. However, since <command>REINDEX</>--
Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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stark wrote:
A doc patch to add an example of what an invalid index looks like in psql, as
requested by a commenter and Bruce.Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/stark/src/REPOSITORY/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.60 diff -c -r1.60 create_index.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml 31 Jan 2007 23:26:03 -0000 1.60 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml 3 Apr 2007 17:19:25 -0000 *************** *** 332,338 **** uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</> command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete; ! however it will still consume update overhead. The recommended recovery method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>. (Another possibility is to rebuild the index with <command>REINDEX</>. However, since <command>REINDEX</> --- 332,352 ---- uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</> command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete; ! however it will still consume update overhead. The <application>psql</> ! <command>\d</> command will mark such an <quote>invalid</> index as such: ! ! <programlisting> ! postgres=# \d tab ! Table "public.tab" ! Column | Type | Modifiers ! --------+---------+----------- ! col | integer | ! Indexes: ! "idx" btree (col) INVALID ! </programlisting> ! ! The recommended recovery method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>. (Another possibility is to rebuild the index with <command>REINDEX</>. However, since <command>REINDEX</>--
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