On 3/21/07, Pavan Deolasee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It seems much simpler to me do something like this. But important question is whether the restriction that CREATE INDEX can not be run in a transaction block is acceptable ?
yikes -- this is huge, huge price to pay, IMHO. Think about DDL that implies index creation such as adding unique constraint to a table, many postgresql users (including me) take advantage of that in update systems to production databases. merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match