Re: the doc should mention one particular aspect of partial indexes - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: the doc should mention one particular aspect of partial indexes
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Msg-id 390005.1611002342@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to the doc should mention one particular aspect of partial indexes  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I think the documentation should mention one particular aspect of b-tree
> partial indexes: 
> Say we have a row that satisfy a partial index's predicate. That row will be
> referenced by the partial index. Say now that this row gets updated in such
> a way that the updated row no longer satisfies the predicate. The entry of
> that row in the index (more precisely, the row previous version) is still
> kept in a leaf node of the b-tree until a VACUUM is issued on the index's
> table. 

How is this different from the behavior for any other dead row version?

            regards, tom lane



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