Re: REINDEX CONCURRENTLY 2.0

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> If REINDEX cannot work without an exclusive lock, we should invent some
>> other qualifier, like WITH FEWER LOCKS.
>
> What he said.

But more to the point .... why, precisely, can't this work without an
AccessExclusiveLock?  And can't we fix that instead of setting for
something clearly inferior?

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