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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml index d945112de79..43f0368d64a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml,v 1.21 2003/09/24 18:54:01 tgl Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml,v 1.22 2003/09/29 23:40:26 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -180,9 +180,10 @@ REINDEX { DATABASE | TABLE | INDEX } <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replac is crash-safe and transaction-safe. <command>REINDEX</> is not crash-safe for shared indexes, which is why this case is disallowed during normal operation. If a failure occurs while reindexing one - of these catalogs in standalone mode, it is important that the failure - be rectified and the <command>REINDEX</> operation redone - before attempting to restart the regular server. + of these catalogs in standalone mode, it will not be possible to + restart the regular server until the problem is rectified. (The + typical symptom of a partially rebuilt shared index is <quote>index is not + a btree</> errors.) </para> <para> |