Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Consindering the syntax for this, we currently allow read access during > > index creation, just not write access, so I think the new syntax should > > be: > > > > CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX name ON table > > [ USING method ] [ [ENABLE] WRITE [ACCESS] ] > > ( { column | ( expression ) } [ opclass ] [, ...] ) > > [ WITH ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ] > > [ TABLESPACE tablespace ] > > [ WHERE predicate ] > > > > This is clear, and adds no new keywords. > > > > > > It's not particularly clear to me. On its face this seems to me to imply > something about how the index will be able to be used, not about how it > is to be built.
Yea, that was always a confusion. CREATE CONCURRENT INDEX has the same problem. We need something that talks about the build-time behavior. How about NOWAIT? > > CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX name ON table > > [ USING method ] [ NOWAIT ] > > ( { column | ( expression ) } [ opclass ] [, ...] ) > > [ WITH ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ] > > [ TABLESPACE tablespace ] > > [ WHERE predicate ] -- 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 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq