Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> writes:
> On 14 May 2016 at 10:33, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Using pg_get_indexdef() would leave you much less vulnerable to cross-
>> version differences in the system catalogs.
> That means parsing the response..
True. If it seems like too much churn, I think you wouldn't go very far
wrong by assuming that ASC/DESC is only relevant to btree indexes.
regards, tom lane