Re: Index creation takes for ever - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

ohp@pyrenet.fr writes:
> it took 69 minutes to finish, 75% of this time was devoted to create 2
> indexes on varchar(2) with value being 'O', 'N' or null;
> I wonder if it's a configuration matter.

I still say it's either strcoll or qsort's fault.  Try swapping in our
own version of qsort to see if the behavior changes.
        regards, tom lane