Re: Rename Index - Deadlock - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Rename Index - Deadlock
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Msg-id dcc563d11003160939q56bf00e3p4516c0a98a57dad6@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Rename Index - Deadlock  (Thomas Kenner <thomas.kenner@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Thomas Kenner <thomas.kenner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Each day I'm recreating the index my_index of the table my_table. Therefore I
> create a new index my_index_new, drop the old index my_index, and rename the
> new index:
> ALTER INDEX my_index_new RENAME TO my_index;
>
> If an insert or select statement is run at the same time as the "ALTER INDEX
> ... RENAME TO" statement, it will end up in a deadlock.

A deadlock or just a lock?  What version of pg?  What exact error
messages do you get?


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