We don't let people add columns to an existing index so I don't see why
we should have EXTEND INDEX unless index twiddling is more common with
partial indexes.
Nothing is common with partial indexes at the moment -- the feature is
not currently implemented, and I don't think other
Let's drop the meta-discussions and cut to the chase: given that we are
about to re-enable partial indexes, should we try to make EXTEND INDEX
work too, or just remove it?
The idea of EXTEND INDEX is to allow replacement of a partial index's
predicate. However, the implementation only supports
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 05:49:56PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
Let's drop the meta-discussions and cut to the chase: given that we are
about to re-enable partial indexes, should we try to make EXTEND INDEX
work too, or just remove it?
Just a few clarifications:
* The reason it didn't go to
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 06:34:22PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Let's drop the meta-discussions and cut to the chase: given that we are
about to re-enable partial indexes, should we try to make EXTEND INDEX
work too, or just remove it?
We don't let people add columns to an existing index
* I agree with Tom's assertion that it's an awful lot of complexity for such
a marginal gain. Look at the size of the patch and the fact that it has all
been useless for the last few years.
* I didn't send it to -patches because it's not ready yet.
* Only posted a URL, not the patch
Let's drop the meta-discussions and cut to the chase: given that we are
about to re-enable partial indexes, should we try to make EXTEND INDEX
work too, or just remove it?
The idea of EXTEND INDEX is to allow replacement of a partial index's
predicate. However, the implementation only
