Re: Doc patch for create index

Patch applied.  Thanks.  Your documentation changes can be viewed in
five minutes using links on the developer's page,
http://www.postgresql.org/developer/testing.


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stark wrote:
>
>
> A doc patch to add an example of what an invalid index looks like in psql, as
> requested by a commenter and Bruce.
>
>
>
> Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/stark/src/REPOSITORY/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.60
> diff -c -r1.60 create_index.sgml
> *** doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml    31 Jan 2007 23:26:03 -0000    1.60
> --- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml    3 Apr 2007 17:19:25 -0000
> ***************
> *** 332,338 ****
>       uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</>
>       command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index
>       will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete;
> !     however it will still consume update overhead.  The recommended recovery
>       method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform
>       <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>.  (Another possibility is to rebuild
>       the index with <command>REINDEX</>.  However, since <command>REINDEX</>
> --- 332,352 ----
>       uniqueness violation in a unique index, the <command>CREATE INDEX</>
>       command will fail but leave behind an <quote>invalid</> index. This index
>       will be ignored for querying purposes because it might be incomplete;
> !     however it will still consume update overhead. The <application>psql</>
> !     <command>\d</> command will mark such an <quote>invalid</> index as such:
> !
> ! <programlisting>
> ! postgres=# \d tab
> !        Table "public.tab"
> !  Column |  Type   | Modifiers
> ! --------+---------+-----------
> !  col    | integer |
> ! Indexes:
> !     "idx" btree (col) INVALID
> ! </programlisting>
> !
> !     The recommended recovery
>       method in such cases is to drop the index and try again to perform
>       <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</>.  (Another possibility is to rebuild
>       the index with <command>REINDEX</>.  However, since <command>REINDEX</>
>
>
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>   Gregory Stark
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