Re: [HACKERS] Proposal: Local indexes for partitioned table

Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Peter Eisentraut
> <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure why this feature of automatically picking up matching
> > indexes even exists.  Is it for some specific workflows or upgrade
> > scenarios?  It's kind of a surprising feature in a way.
> 
> It allows you to avoid building a new indexes unnecessarily when
> attaching a partition.

Yeah -- this is important to reduce the duration of the DDL operation,
since attaching a partition requires an access exclusive lock.  Having
to build the index at that point would make that feature pretty much
useless for many use cases.

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