Re: [HACKERS] Index recreation in vacuum

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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > We need two things:
> > 
> 
> >         auto-create index on startup
> 
> IMHO, It have to be controlled by user, because creating large index 
> can take a number of hours. Sometimes it's better to live without
> indices
> at all, and then build it by hand after workday end.

OK, full circle time.  That is why I recommended making a separate new
heap and index and using rename() to move them into place once the
vacuum is completed. In a failure during vacuum, the failed vacuum files
should be just removed on startup.  No downtime, and index is in place.

Also, I thought about how to do rename() of multiple tables atomically. 
My idea would be to have a pg_startup table that contains information
about what operations should be performed on startup.  You could write
to the file in an atomic action, and if there was a failure, on startup,
the file could be read and the operations performed.  We would basically
be using our own transaction system to guarantee file system atomicity.

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