Re: create index updates nrows statistics

> a create index updates the statistics in pg_class,
> this leads to substantial performance degradation compared to
> 6.4.2.
> 
> If you want to see what I mean simply run the performance test in
> our test subdirectory.
> 
> I think the create index statement should not update this statistic.
> (at least not in the newly created empty table case) 
> This behavior would then be in sync with the create table behavior.
> 
To fix this I urgently suggest the following patch:<<index.patch>> 
regression passes and is a little faster :-)
performance test: without patch 7min now 22 sec

Andreas