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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2004-10-24 22:43:56 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2004-10-24 22:43:56 +0000
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Add note that REINDEX takes a weaker lock than it used to.
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.302 2004/10/22 00:25:18 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.303 2004/10/24 22:43:56 tgl Exp $
-->
<appendix id="release">
@@ -1172,6 +1172,18 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.302 2004/10/22 00:25:18 tgl Exp
<listitem>
<para>
+ <command>REINDEX</command> does not exclusively lock the index's
+ parent table anymore
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The index itself is still exclusively locked, but readers of the
+ table can continue if they are not using the particular index
+ being rebuilt.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Erase MD5 user passwords when a user is renamed (Bruce)
</para>
<para>