Re: Duplicate Index Creation

Samuel Stearns <SStearns@internode.com.au> writes:
> I create an index as: ...
> which is creating a 2nd duplicate index in error as this query shows:

> SELECT idstat.relname AS table_name,
>        idstat.indexrelname AS index_name,
>        idstat.idx_scan AS times_used,
>        pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(idstat.relid)) AS table_size,
>        pg_relation_size(indexrelid) AS index_size,
>        n_tup_upd + n_tup_ins + n_tup_del as num_writes
> FROM pg_stat_user_indexes AS idstat
> JOIN pg_indexes ON indexrelname = indexname
> JOIN pg_stat_user_tables AS tabstat ON idstat.relname = tabstat.relname
> WHERE indexdef !~* 'unique'
> AND idstat.relname = 'input_transaction_snbs'
> ORDER BY index_size desc;

I don't think that query proves much at all: indexname is not a unique
key for pg_indexes, nor is relname a unique key for pg_stat_user_tables,
so most likely you're getting an unrelated hit in one or the other of
those views.

Personally I'd rely on the table OID columns (relid) to join the two
pg_stat views.  If you want to join to pg_indexes it looks like you
need to compare all of schemaname, tablename, indexname to be safe.
But really you could skip that join and just use
pg_get_indexdef(indexrelid).

            regards, tom lane