Re: pg_upgrade problem with invalid indexes

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-12-07T18:54:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> !indislive indexes are created during DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY. Thats a
> different case than CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY. Accessing their
> definition is actually problematic because i can vanish while youre
> examing it which could cause errors both in the backend and in pg_dump.

That's true of any index, not just !indislive ones.  If you're doing DDL
during a pg_dump, and that makes it fail, you get to keep both pieces.

			regards, tom lane