Re: Alter index rename concurrently to

Victor Yegorov <vyegorov@gmail.com>

From: Victor Yegorov <vyegorov@gmail.com>
To: aaklychkov@mail.ru
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-07-16T19:40:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
пн, 16 июл. 2018 г. в 21:58, Andrey Klychkov <aaklychkov@mail.ru>:

> I made a patch to solve this issue (see the attachment).
> It allows to avoid locks by a query like this:
> “alter index <new_index> rename CONCURRENTLY to <old_index_name>”.
>

Please, have a look at previous discussions on the subject:
- 2012
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqTys6JUQDxUczbJb0BNW0kPrW8WdZuk11KaxQq6o98PJg@mail.gmail.com
- 2013
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqSTFkuc7dZxCDX4HOTU63YXHRroNv2aoUzyD-Zz_8Z_Zg@mail.gmail.com
- https://commitfest.postgresql.org/16/1276/

-- 
Victor Yegorov

Commits

  1. Lower lock level for renaming indexes