Concurrently option for reindexdb - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Sawada Masahiko
Subject Concurrently option for reindexdb
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Msg-id CAD21AoCYBuR5EawbU8ifgZ6Hrt-+L9U=NzOx5icoRhQj6=BFeg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi all,

Attached WIP patch adds "-C (--concurrently)" option for reindexdb
command for concurrently reindexing.
If we specify "-C" option with any table then reindexdb do reindexing
concurrently with minimum lock necessary.
Note that we cannot use '-s' option (for system catalog) and '-C'
option at the same time.
This patch use simple method as follows.

1. Do "CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY" new index which has same definition
as target index
2. Aquire ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK to target table( and transaction starts)
3. Swap old and new index
4. Drop old index
5. COMMIT

These process are based on pg_repack(or pg_reorg) does, done via SQL.

ToDo
- Multi language support for log message.

Regards,

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Sawada Masahiko

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