> Well, it can do lots stuff that DROP/CREATE CONCURRENTLY can't: > * reindex primary keys > * reindex keys referenced by foreign keys > * reindex exclusion constraints > * reindex toast tables > * do all that for a whole database > so I don't think that comparison is fair. Having it would have made > several previous point releases far less painful (e.g. 9.1.6/9.2.1).
FWIW, I have a client who needs this implementation enough that we're backporting it to 9.1 for them. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers