Re: Index USING in pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Index USING in pg_dump
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Msg-id 200203081607.g28G7vd16160@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Index USING in pg_dump  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Re: Index USING in pg_dump
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > This is possible because btree is the default.  TODO item is:
> >     * Remove USING clause from pg_get_indexdef() if index is btree (Bruce)
> 
> I do not think this is necessary or helpful.  The only possible
> reason to change it would be if we thought btree might someday
> not be the default index type --- but no such change is on the
> horizon.  And if one was, you've just embedded special knowledge
> about btree in yet one more place...

Yes, but it doesn't look like the way they created it.  Very few use
USING in there queries.  Why show it in pg_dump output?

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