On 10/24/2013 04:55 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> On 10/23/2013 09:58 PM, Amit Kapila wrote:
>>> I wonder why anyone would like to freeze during CLUSTER command when
>>> they already have separate way (VACUUM FREEZE) to achieve it, do you
>>> know or can think of any case where user wants to do it along with
>>> Cluster command?
>>
>> "If I'm rewriting the table anyway, let's freeze it".
>>
>> Otherwise, you have to write the same pages twice, if both CLUSTER and
>> FREEZE are required.
>
> I wonder if we should go so far as to make this the default behavior,
> instead of just making it an option.
+1 from me. Can you think of a reason you *wouldn't* want to freeze?
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