Re: Contrib reindex script: - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Contrib reindex script:
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Msg-id 29345.1024000682@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Contrib reindex script:  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Personally I think putting development effort into REINDEX is a waste of
>> manpower.  Study how to make btree collapse out empty pages, instead.

> Agreed, but what plans do we have to fix it?  I have heard no proposals,
> and it has been a known problem for years.

Lots of important things have been on the TODO list for years.
Diverting effort into third-best substitutes isn't going to help get
them done faster.

            regards, tom lane

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