Re: [SQL] Alter Table/Indexing

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Midgley
At 02:20 AM 3/25/2009, pgsql-sql-ow...@postgresql.org wrote: To: Zdravko Balorda cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Alter Table/Indexing In-reply-to: <49c89fea.8060...@siix.com> References: <49c89fea.8060...@siix.com> Comments: In-reply-to Zdravko Balorda message dated "Tue, 24 M

Re: [SQL] Alter Table/Indexing

2009-03-24 Thread Tom Lane
Zdravko Balorda writes: > I wonder does ATER TABLE TYPE, SET, depends on indexes, like INSERT does > in a sense it may be faster to drop and recreate index than sorting > after every row inserted. ALTER TABLE TYPE already rebuilds the indexes; you won't make the overall process any faster by doi

[SQL] Alter Table/Indexing

2009-03-24 Thread Zdravko Balorda
Hi, I wonder does ATER TABLE TYPE, SET, depends on indexes, like INSERT does in a sense it may be faster to drop and recreate index than sorting after every row inserted. Does changing type or setting default on an indexed column require sorting? Thanks, Zdravko -- Sent via pgsql-sql mail