Re: [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Rebuild indexes

2003-07-28 Thread Shankar K
thanks tom. i wasn't sure about create index taking exclusive locks on tables too. so i could as well reindex than doing the whole _swap mess during off-peak hrs. --- Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shankar K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ... so i then decided to do reindex online, but >

Re: [PERFORM] [ADMIN] Rebuild indexes

2003-07-28 Thread Tom Lane
Shankar K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... so i then decided to do reindex online, but > that makes exclusive lock on table which would prevent > writing on to tables. So does CREATE INDEX, so it's not clear what you're buying with all these pushups. > 2. analyze table to update stats, so that t