Re: CREATE IF NOT EXISTS INDEX

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CREATE IF NOT EXISTS INDEX
Date: 2014-09-30 21:43:03
Message-ID: 21784.1412113383@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?UTF-8?Q?Fabr=C3=ADzio_de_Royes_Mello?= <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> What's your thoughts about we implement IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE INDEX?

It's got the same semantic problems as every other variant of CINE.

If there were a huge groundswell of demand for it, maybe we'd hold our
noses and do it anyway. But I'm against doing it without that.

regards, tom lane

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