Re: Online index builds

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Consindering the syntax for this, we currently allow read access during
> index creation, just not write access, so I think the new syntax should
> be:
>
>     CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX name  ON table 
>         [ USING method ] [ [ENABLE] WRITE [ACCESS] ]
>         ( { column | ( expression ) } [ opclass ] [, ...] )
>         [ WITH ( storage_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ]
>         [ TABLESPACE tablespace ]
>         [ WHERE predicate ]
>
> This is clear, and adds no new keywords.
>
>   

It's not particularly clear to me. On its face this seems to me to imply 
something about how the index will be able to be used, not about how it 
is to be built.

cheers

andrew