Re: Contrib reindex script:

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>, sthomas@townnews.com, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2002-06-13T20:38:02Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Personally I think putting development effort into REINDEX is a waste of
>> manpower.  Study how to make btree collapse out empty pages, instead.

> Agreed, but what plans do we have to fix it?  I have heard no proposals,
> and it has been a known problem for years.

Lots of important things have been on the TODO list for years.
Diverting effort into third-best substitutes isn't going to help get
them done faster.

			regards, tom lane