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Re: [PATCH] Proposal to Enable/Disable Index using ALTER INDEX

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Shayon Mukherjee <shayonj@gmail.com>
Cc: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>, Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>, jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>, Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet@singh.im>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-08-11T10:22:13Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 01:19:46PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Sami has proposed a patch for pg_hint_plan that goes in the direction
> of a DisableIndex hint, which is doable even if it requires some work
> inside the extension code like some refactoring:
> https://github.com/ossc-db/pg_hint_plan/issues/226
> 
> So I cannot say much about this proposal for core, but for
> pg_hint_plan I'm looking at adding that for the v18 release of the
> module, which is planned for the end of August/beginning of September.

FWIW, I have been able to merge the patch to add support for this
DisableIndex hint in pg_hint_plan.  So at least this will give people
something to toy with even without this in-core feature.  That will be
included in next week's release, available in the version of the
module compatible with v18.
--
Michael