Thread: pg_class(relpersistence) of hash index

While checking how BM_PERMANENT flag is set (in buffer header), I noticed that
hash index has it set too. Shouldn't pg_class(relpersistence) be 'u' in this
case? Currently it's set to 'p':

postgres=# CREATE TABLE a(i int);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# CREATE INDEX ON a USING HASH (i);
WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged and their use is discouraged
CREATE INDEX
postgres=# \d a      Table "public.a"Column |  Type   | Modifiers
--------+---------+-----------i      | integer |
Indexes:   "a_i_idx" hash (i)

postgres=# select relpersistence from pg_class where relname='a_i_idx';relpersistence
----------------p
(1 row)

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Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at> writes:
> While checking how BM_PERMANENT flag is set (in buffer header), I noticed that
> hash index has it set too. Shouldn't pg_class(relpersistence) be 'u' in this
> case?

See archives; we do not currently have a way to support unlogged indexes
on logged tables.  The whole hash-index mess would be better if we did,
but getting there is less than trivial.
        regards, tom lane