Re: reindex in v8.2 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Dan Harris
Subject Re: reindex in v8.2
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Msg-id 46781868.5040108@drivefaster.net
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In response to reindex in v8.2  ("Bill Willits" <bwillits@cox.net>)
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Bill Willits wrote:
> Hello:
>
> We are in the process of upgrading posgres from v7.3.9 to v8.2.4  In our
> current environment (v7.3), we run a reindex operation on all tables to
> recover space and improve performance (we have several tables with high
> insert/update load - no deletes).  Is it likely that the reindex will
> still be beneficial after the upgrade?  Or has the pg code changed such
> that this operation is obsolete?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Bill Willits

When you reload your dump file into 8.2, the indexes should be created fresh and
AFAIK, a reindex at that point would not gain anything for you.

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