On Wednesday, July 3, 2019, William Sescu (Suva) <
william.sescu@suva.ch> wrote:
Thanks for clarification. The REINDEX (VERBOSE) DATABASE xxx; works.
However, the syntax is not intuitive, from my point of view.
Would it not be possible to allow 2 options. One with (VERBOSE) for backward compatibility and one with VERBOSE
Its possible but such a patch would never be committed (did you read the email thread?). Intuitiveness isn’t a huge concern here. Especially for a command that isn’t intended to be run manually often.
The learning curve for PostgreSQL includes knowing where to find command syntax and how to read it. Its a complex language that is constantly being added to.
David J.