On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Zeugswetter Andreas OSB SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you are not considering existing btree indexes here > (for the reordering case) ?
You're quite right, I had not considered existing indexes. There's no easy way to deal with that other than rebuilding them. :( I *still* think someone with a big table would prefer to drop/create their indexes rather than go through a nasty ALTER COLUMN which would have the seemingly much worse outcome of rebuilding their whole table AND any indexes. But whatever - I'll implement option 1 and submit it, as a marked improvement over the status quo. If I can make option 2 work fast enough I'll consider submitting it as a feature improvement thereafter, but given the general consensus for option 1 I'm not pushing option 2 much any more. Cheers Tom -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers