On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:28:53PM -0700, Karl J. Stubsjoen wrote: > Hello, > > I have a fairly active and large DB. I need to create a new index > on a column. It will take (just guessing) 15-30 minutes for the > entire creation. I've got different people hittiing this table all > the time, mostly with new inserts (not really any updates). My > question is: > > Can I create this new index without locking the table, or should I > lock it? Thanks!
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