Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>
> > On Feb 7, 2017, at 4:07 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the clarification. I have updated the recipe along with Emre’s comments here:
> >>
> >> [updated text not included in the email]
> >
> > I still don't think the recipe is a very good one because it leaves you
> > with a window where the affected columns are not indexed at all.
>
> Okay, so I propose two options:
>
> 1. Does anyone have a recipe they recommend that might be better? OR
Do the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY first, then DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY the
old index, then rename the new index to the old name.
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