On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:24 PM Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there some way to REMOVE the fillfactor where it is set, so that > Postgres applies it's defaults? Would be great to have an output of > NULL everywhere where fillfactor is output instead of sometimes e.g. > 100 and more often NULL. > > I've already tried setting things to NULL, which failed with > mentioning that a decimal number is necessary. Though, even setting 0 > fails, because a value between 10 and 100 is required. > > > ALTER INDEX pk_clt_rec_src SET (fillfactor = NULL); > ALTER INDEX pk_clt_rec_src SET (fillfactor = 0); > > So removing isn't possible at all and I can only set to concrete > values like 100 or don't care at all instead? Because fillfactor=10 is > only set for some low throughput test databases currently. > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-createindex.html > > There *must* be a fill factor; that's how B-tree, hash, GiST and SP-GiST > indices work. > > The default fill factor is 90%; thus, to "remove" your custom fill factor, > set it to 90%. > > Since the index already exists the "ALTER INDEX" documentation is more pertinent. And behold:
ALTER INDEX [ IF EXISTS ] name RESET ( storage_parameter [, ... ] ) David J.
