Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YNjqM-0008LG-Ii for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:13:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YNjqM-0005jX-2G for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:13:46 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YNjqK-0005gf-5R for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:13:44 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YNjqG-00053n-RL for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:13:43 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1HFDJY1025062; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:13:19 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: "Jan-Peter Seifert" cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Canceling REINDEX safe? In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Jan-Peter Seifert" message dated "Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:52:56 +0100" Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:13:19 -0500 Message-ID: <25061.1424185999@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org "Jan-Peter Seifert" writes: > I wonder whether canceling a REINDEX of a database is safe ( PostgreSQL v9.2.7 ). Sure. If it weren't cancel-safe, it wouldn't be crash-safe either. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin