Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > This is the same problem as that has been pestering me for two weeks.
>
> Just a reminder: you aren't the only one :/
>
> > Billy, please try this simple test:
> > CREATE TABLE foo (bar int);
> > \d foo
> > CREATE INDEX foo_idx ON foo USING btree (bar);
> > \d foo
> > Is foo gone?
>
> Depending on the outcome, you will fall into one of three camps wrt
> indexing problems:
> 1) no problem, no matter what test you run (Bruce and FreeBSD)
> 2) problems at some level, but needing a slightly more complicated
> sequence of commands to get there (Tom, Tatsuo, and Linux, etc.)
> 3) problems with a very simple sequence of commands (David and AIX)
>
> Assuming that these all stem from a single underlying problem, then it
> seems that David's machine would have the fast-track on finding it,
> since he can provoke symptoms so easily. Unfortunately, none of those
> affected with the problem are familiar with the areas of code which are
> problematic.
>
> Does anyone else see the problem at David's level? Does anyone see these
> problems on anything other than Linux and Unixware? Does anyone see no
> problems on anything other than FreeBSD?
>
> There is another problem in the code wrt views and rules and freeing
> memory after a query. I'm starting to look at that one, figuring that it
> will be easier to track down and will reduce the number of problems we
> are trying to fight at one time.
>
> - Tom
