Alex Pilosov wrote:
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> 3) index namespace should be constricted to the table on which it is
> indexed, since no commands to my knowledge manipulate the index without
> also specifying the table.
How about DROP INDEX ... ?
I'm not sure if this is standard SQL, maybe we should have
ALTER TABLE
ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes in 7.1; I forget about 7.0.
I think you're right that SQL expects indexes to have a separate
namespace from tables, but until we have schema/namespace support
it's pointless to worry about that.
regards, tom lane
I'm running into a problem where I have to create an index with a name
that doesn't conflict with any existing index.
Currently, its not possible to do in postgres.
It'd be nice if either of 3 were implemented:
1) alter index to rename it
2) alter table would rename index with some option(?)
