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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: deadlock while re-indexing table
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Msg-id 26873.1202831340@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: deadlock while re-indexing table  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Can we rework REINDEX TABLE so that it processes each index on its own
> transaction?

It still wouldn't be guaranteed deadlock-free.  There might be fewer
cases, but whether it would help Dave's particular case is just
speculation when we don't know what that case is.

            regards, tom lane

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