Re: [HACKERS] Proposal: Local indexes for partitioned table

On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why this feature of automatically picking up matching
> indexes even exists.  Is it for some specific workflows or upgrade
> scenarios?  It's kind of a surprising feature in a way.

It allows you to avoid building a new indexes unnecessarily when
attaching a partition.

> The catalog representations of partitioned tables and partitioned
> indexes are completely different, which may or may not be desirable.

How so?

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