Re: [ADMIN] Rebuild indexes

Shankar K <shan0075@yahoo.com> writes:
> ... so i then decided to do reindex online, but
> that makes exclusive lock on table which would prevent
> writing on to tables.

So does CREATE INDEX, so it's not clear what you're buying with
all these pushups.

> 2. analyze table to update stats, so that the table
> knows about new indexes.

You do not need to ANALYZE to get the system to notice new indexes.

> 4. i wish i had a rename index command to rename _swap
> to its original index name.

You can rename indexes as if they were tables.

            regards, tom lane