Re: ALTER TABLE OWNER: change indexes - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ALTER TABLE OWNER: change indexes
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Msg-id 25406.1014679970@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ALTER TABLE OWNER: change indexes  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
Responses Re: ALTER TABLE OWNER: change indexes  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
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Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> writes:
>> Well, see Peter's suggestion that this is all wrong because indexes
>> don't have meaningful ownership anyway.  I think he's got a point...

> That's probably true -- in the long-run, it probably makes more sense to
> remove the concept of ownership from indexes.

> However, in the mean-time, I think my patch is still valid. Unless there
> are any remaining problems, please apply for 7.3.

No, I disagree.  If we are intending to remove ownership from indexes,
there is no good reason to add code that will only get taken out again.
There is no bug here of sufficient importance to warrant a temporary
hack solution; the existing behavior can be lived with.

            regards, tom lane

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