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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: REINDEX on large DB vs. DROP INDEX/CREATE INDEX
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Msg-id 11052.1202172956@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: REINDEX on large DB vs. DROP INDEX/CREATE INDEX  (Wes <wespvp@msg.bt.com>)
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Wes <wespvp@msg.bt.com> writes:
> The reason for the huge change in the vacuum time is that the indexes are
> scanned in index order instead of disk order.  I understand that is fixed in
> 8.2 or 8.3 (don't recall which I saw it in), but have never gotten
> confirmation from anyone on that.

Yeah, 8.2.

            regards, tom lane

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