Re: unbalanced indexes -> fixed via dump/restore? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: unbalanced indexes -> fixed via dump/restore?
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Msg-id 14265.984003672@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to unbalanced indexes -> fixed via dump/restore?  (will trillich <will@serensoft.com>)
Responses Re: unbalanced indexes -> fixed via dump/restore?  (Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
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will trillich <will@serensoft.com> writes:
> A)
>     pg_dump -c mydb > db.out.sql
> and then
>     psql mydb < db.out.sql
> periodically?

> or is it better to

> B) merely 'reindex' on occasion?

Plain old DROP INDEX / CREATE INDEX is probably the best-trodden path.
Your (A) seems like vastly more work than is needed.  (B) might be
marginally easier than DROP/CREATE, but I'm not sure how much I trust
REINDEX; it's not been around all that long.

            regards, tom lane

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