Re: Does PostgreSQL ever create indexes on its own? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: Does PostgreSQL ever create indexes on its own?
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Msg-id A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B50FE3DF7@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to Does PostgreSQL ever create indexes on its own?  ("Doiron, Daniel" <DoironD@advisory.com>)
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Doiron, Daniel wrote:
> I’m troubleshooting a schema and found this:
> 
> Indexes:
>     "pk_patient_diagnoses" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
>     "index_4341548" UNIQUE, btree (id)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_deleted" btree (deleted)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_diagnosis_type_id" btree (diagnosis_type_id)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_icd10" btree (icd10)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_icd9" btree (diagnosis_code)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_is_unknown" btree (is_unknown)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_modified" btree (modified)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_patient_id" btree (patient_id)
>     "idx_patient_diagnoses_uuid" btree (uuid)
>     "index_325532921" btree (modified)
>     "index_4345603" btree (deleted)
>     "index_4349516" btree (diagnosis_type_id)
>     "index_4353417" btree (icd10)
>     "index_4384754" btree (diagnosis_code)
>     "index_4418849" btree (is_unknown)
>     "index_4424101" btree (patient_id)
>     "index_4428458" btree (uuid)
> 
> My questions is whether these “index_*” indexes could have been created by postgresql or whether I
> have an errant developer using some kinda third-party tool?

These indexes were *not* created by PostgreSQL.
We are not Oracle.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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