Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> Oh, psql needs to know before the command is sent? How do we handle it > >> now with CLUSTER? > > > We don't, which is exactly the problem. If I'm not mistaken, currently > > psql in autocommit off mode, CLUSTER doesn't start a transaction block, > > which is arguably wrong because some forms of CLUSTER (single-table) are > > able to work within a transaction. > > psql could actually tell these apart if it worked just a bit harder. > CLUSTER with no arguments is the one case, CLUSTER with anything after > it is the other. Not sure why we couldn't be bothered to get that > right in psql the first time :-(. > > But to get back to the point at hand, I think that there should be some > equally obvious syntactic clue about what CREATE INDEX does --- and > burying an ONLINE keyword near the end of the command doesn't qualify.
OK, how about CREATE INDEX x NOLOCK ON tab ... Please don't use it as the first word. I am afraid we would regret that. Or maybe CREATE INDEX x ON tab NOLOCK.... Having the NOLOCK associated with the table name makes sense. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
