From f6515a5f5f39d728b4cad837480c3ca953ed4623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jcoleman Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:56:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v1] Docs: When table rewriting is skipped indexes are not rebuilt In 367bc42 (for 9.2!) we avoid index rebuild for no-rewrite ALTER TABLE .. ALTER TYPE. Update the docs to match. --- doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 5c0735e08a..39931c97c8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REM existing column, if the USING clause does not change the column contents and the old type is either binary coercible to the new type or an unconstrained domain over the new type, a table rewrite is not - needed; but any indexes on the affected columns must still be rebuilt. + needed. Table and/or index rebuilds may take a significant amount of time for a large table; and will temporarily require as much as double the disk space. -- 2.20.1