Re: Alter index rename concurrently to - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Alter index rename concurrently to
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Msg-id fbf5f80c-b45b-43c6-3b31-7a408cc9501c@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: Alter index rename concurrently to  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: Alter index rename concurrently to  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 13/10/2018 04:01, Andres Freund wrote:
> I don't see how this could be argued. It has to be a self-conflicting
> lockmode, otherwise you'd end up doing renames of tables where you
> cannot see the previous state. And you'd get weird errors about updating
> invisible rows etc.

> I don't buy this description. Imo it's a fundamental correctness
> thing. Without it concurrent DDL would potentially overwrite the rename,
> because they could start updating while still seeing the old version.

OK, I can refine those descriptions/comments.  Do you have any concerns
about the underlying principle of this patch?

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