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From: Igor Korot <[email protected]>
To: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: CREATE TABLE fails
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 18:55:40 -0500
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Ron,

On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM David G. Johnston
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sunday, March 8, 2026, Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But the page at
>> >> >> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/sql-createtable.html#SQL-CREATETABLE-STORAGE-PARAMETERS
>> >> >> says it's available.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What am I missing?
>> >
>> >
>> > Those are table storage parameters.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> primary
>> >> key(id) INCLUDE (drafttype, scoringtype) WITH( fillfactor = 50,
>> >> autovacuum_enabled = on ));
>> >> ERROR:  unrecognized parameter "autovacuum_enabled"
>> >> draft=#
>> >
>> >
>> > You are specifying index storage parameters here.
>> >
>> > The first paragraph of your linked section says:
>> >
>> > “Storage parameters for indexes are documented in CREATE INDEX.”
>> >
>> > You will find autovacuum_enabled is not listed there.  Because you can’t vacuum an index separately from its table.
>>
>> So I will have to compare the CREATE INDEX page with this one and
>> figure out which one is supported where?
>
>
> Well, yes. Why should you be shocked that some storage parameters just aren't relevant to indices.

I am, because they are documented as such according to the note
I mentioned in the email above, quoting the "WITH " clause explanation.

Thank you.

>
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