Re: creating index names automatically?

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Could we create an option to create index names automatically, so you'd
> only have to write

> CREATE INDEX ON foo (a);

> which would pick a name like foo_a_idx.  We already do this in a number
> of places such as constraint names and sequences without much trouble.
> In most cases you don't really need to give an index a smart name since
> the purpose is obvious.

In the cases where that's sensible, you can use constraint syntax, no?

I really doubt that it's that easy to pick a sensible name for an index
on an expression, for example.
        regards, tom lane