I see in the 7.3 release notes:
Allow REINDEX of TOAST tables (Tom)
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Jeffrey Baker wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:36:44AM -0800, Jeffrey Baker wrote:
> > I am considering moving to 7.3 from 7.2. I have the
> > obnoxious toast index growth problem of doom. In 7.2 I am
> > not allowed to reindex toast tables, because they are of
> > type 't'. How smug :)
> >
> > The problem is I don't want to move to 7.3 unless I can be
> > certain this is going to work. There are many incompatible
> > changes in 7.3, and I will need to audit tens of thousands
> > of lines of queries before I can make the move. Can someone
> > reassure me? It says you can reindex toast tables in the
> > changelog, but ...
> >
> > Also I assume REINDEX in 7.3 still requires exclusive
> > access? That could be a bummer.
>
> In partial resposne to my own question, I've found that
> 7.3.2 will not reindex TOAST tables explicitly:
>
> rupert=> reindex table pg_toast_12550267;
> ERROR: Relation "pg_toast_12550267" does not exist
>
> But does it reindex the TOAST tables if I reindex the
> related table?
>
> -jwb
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