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> > * Add REINDEX CONCURRENTLY, like CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY > > This is difficult because you must upgrade to an exclusive table lock > to replace the existing index file. CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY does not > have this complication. This would allow index compaction without > downtime.

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> > * Add REINDEX CONCURRENTLY, like CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY > > This is difficult because you must upgrade to an exclusive table lock > to replace the existing index file. CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY does not > have this complication. This would allow index compaction without > downtime.
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 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:	Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
-Last updated:		Tue Jan 30 22:07:21 EST 2007
+Last updated:		Tue Jan 30 22:17:43 EST 2007

 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
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  This is difficult because it requires datatype-specific knowledge.

+* Add REINDEX CONCURRENTLY, like CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY
+
+  This is difficult because you must upgrade to an exclusive table lock
+  to replace the existing index file.  CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY does not
+  have this complication.  This would allow index compaction without
+  downtime.
+

 * Inheritance


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 <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF">
 <h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
 <p>Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated:           Tue Jan 30 22:07:21 EST 2007
+Last updated:           Tue Jan 30 22:17:43 EST 2007
 </p>
 <p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
 <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
@@ -820,6 +820,12 @@ first.  There is also a developer's wiki at<br/>
  </li><li>Consider compressing indexes by storing key values duplicated in
  several rows as a single index entry
 <p>  This is difficult because it requires datatype-specific knowledge.
+</p>
+  </li><li>Add REINDEX CONCURRENTLY, like CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY
+<p>  This is difficult because you must upgrade to an exclusive table lock
+  to replace the existing index file.  CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY does not
+  have this complication.  This would allow index compaction without
+  downtime.
 </p>
  </li><li>Inheritance
  <ul>