Re: Possible patch for better index name choosing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Possible patch for better index name choosing
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Msg-id 21780.1261435045@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Possible patch for better index name choosing  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On mån, 2009-12-21 at 00:03 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Well, we could tamp down the risks considerably if we undid my point
>> (1), namely to still consider only the first index column when
>> generating a name.

> I think putting all the column names into the index names instead of
> only the first is a significant improvement that should be kept.

Yeah, I think so too.  It's well worth any risk of application
incompatibility --- we make much bigger changes in every major
release without blinking.
        regards, tom lane


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