REINDEX just rebuilds the index, not just drop it. In fact, 7.3 will have a reindexdb script.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- scott.marlowe wrote: > On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > > Would it be worth adding REINDEX ALL and CLUSTER ALL as actual SQL commands? > > > This would be neat. Plus, it means we don't have to worry about having > > > unix-only script in the distro once we have Win32 support. > > > > > > Actually, we should just leave the 'ALL' off. That will make them behave > > > like VACUUM without arguments... > > > > Wow, now that is a nify idea! Let me add it to TODO and we can get rid > > of the shell scripts entirely: > > > > o Allow CLUSTER to cluster all tables, remove clusterdb > > o Allow REINDEX to rebuild all indexes, remove /contrib/reindex > > > > If we ever get the index growth fixed, we will not need the reindex > > change, I guess, but maybe if they have some index corruption but they > > are not sure where it may be helpful. > > Isn't it true that reindex's behavior is to simply, quietly delete the > index? that was reported by someone when all this was going around > before. I wrote my own reindex script that basically (in a single > transaction) grabbed the definition of the index, dropped said index, then > recreated it, then committed the transaction, so that if it failed for any > reason, the old index was still there. > > If reindex does "lose" the index on failure then we need to look at > changing how it works before we recommend it as a "daily maintenance > routine". > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
