Thread: BUG #7589: Canceled "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY" leave not-fully-build index existing

BUG #7589: Canceled "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY" leave not-fully-build index existing

From
serovov+pgsql@gmail.com
Date:
The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      7589
Logged by:          Oleg
Email address:      serovov+pgsql@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.1.6
Operating system:   CentOs
Description:        =


See sql console: =


01=3D# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY obj_pkey ON obj (id);
ERROR:  canceling statement due to statement timeout
01=3D# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY obj_pkey ON obj (id);
01=3D# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY obj_pkey ON obj (id);
ERROR:  relation "obj_pkey" already exists
01=3D# SELECT version();
PostgreSQL 9.1.6 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2
20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52), 64-bit
(1 row)
serovov+pgsql@gmail.com writes:
> 01=# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY obj_pkey ON obj (id);
> ERROR:  canceling statement due to statement timeout
> 01=# CREATE UNIQUE INDEX CONCURRENTLY obj_pkey ON obj (id);
> ERROR:  relation "obj_pkey" already exists

This is not a bug, it is the documented failure behavior of CREATE INDEX
CONCURRENTLY.  See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/sql-createindex.html#SQL-CREATEINDEX-CONCURRENTLY

            regards, tom lane