Re: WAL configuration and REINDEX - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From adey
Subject Re: WAL configuration and REINDEX
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Msg-id 1c66bda80609251538g73899f2m8edd01290d1214f6@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: WAL configuration and REINDEX  (adey <adey11@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: WAL configuration and REINDEX  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Hi Tom,
Further to my request below, the following recommendation exists in the Postgres 8.1 documentation:-


 
On 9/25/06, adey <adey11@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Tom.
How does Postgres handle page splits and redirections in indexes then please?
I had an unsuccessful look at :-
 
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On 9/25/06, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
adey < adey11@gmail.com> writes:
> I apologise if I am uninformed, but it is my understanding that REINDEX is
> still required even with the most regular of vacuums?

REINDEX shouldn't be required at all under normal circumstances.

                       regards, tom lane


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