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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: James Robinson <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: create index concurrently docs ...
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:27:43 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>


Does anyone know the answer to this?  I couldn't find it, but it is a
good quesiton.

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James Robinson wrote:
> In reading over the caveats regarding create index concurrently, I  
> think it'd be nice to see an example of what the return result will  
> be if an 'invalid' index is created so a dba who read the docs night  
> recognize the error, as well as for searchengine fodder to find out  
> what to do real fast if such an error happens to them.
> 
> Something around this paragraph in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ 
> current/static/sql-createindex.html#SQL-CREATEINDEX-CONCURRENTLY:
> 
> "If a problem arises during the second scan of the table, such as a  
> uniqueness violation in a unique index, the CREATE INDEX command will  
> fail but leave behind an "invalid" index."
> 
> Thanks!
> ----
> James Robinson
> Socialserve.com
> 
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