Issue a warning during the creation of hash indexes

6 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index fdfa6ca4f5..1afe02bd85 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ DefineIndex(Oid relationId,
 	accessMethodId = HeapTupleGetOid(tuple);
 	accessMethodForm = (Form_pg_am) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 
+	if (strcmp(accessMethodName, "hash") == 0)
+		ereport(WARNING,
+				(errmsg("hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys")));
+
 	if (stmt->unique && !accessMethodForm->amcanunique)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out b/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
index f6f5516321..e68f9c288d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/create_index.out
@@ -2238,9 +2238,13 @@ DROP TABLE array_gin_test;
 -- HASH
 --
 CREATE INDEX hash_i4_index ON hash_i4_heap USING hash (random int4_ops);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 CREATE INDEX hash_name_index ON hash_name_heap USING hash (random name_ops);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 CREATE INDEX hash_txt_index ON hash_txt_heap USING hash (random text_ops);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 CREATE INDEX hash_f8_index ON hash_f8_heap USING hash (random float8_ops);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 -- CREATE INDEX hash_ovfl_index ON hash_ovfl_heap USING hash (x int4_ops);
 --
 -- Test functional index
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/enum.out b/src/test/regress/expected/enum.out
index 36826428a0..44f1c79848 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/enum.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/enum.out
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ DROP INDEX enumtest_btree;
 -- Hash index / opclass with the = operator
 --
 CREATE INDEX enumtest_hash ON enumtest USING hash (col);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 SELECT * FROM enumtest WHERE col = 'orange';
   col   
 --------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/macaddr.out b/src/test/regress/expected/macaddr.out
index 50d0369139..4c8dec0563 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/macaddr.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/macaddr.out
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SELECT * FROM macaddr_data;
 
 CREATE INDEX macaddr_data_btree ON macaddr_data USING btree (b);
 CREATE INDEX macaddr_data_hash ON macaddr_data USING hash (b);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 SELECT a, b, trunc(b) FROM macaddr_data ORDER BY 2, 1;
  a  |         b         |       trunc       
 ----+-------------------+-------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/replica_identity.out b/src/test/regress/expected/replica_identity.out
index 96dc98bf08..48426e8d92 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/replica_identity.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/replica_identity.out
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CREATE INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb);
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_keyab_key ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb);
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_nonkey ON test_replica_identity (keya, nonkey);
 CREATE INDEX test_replica_identity_hash ON test_replica_identity USING hash (nonkey);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_expr ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb, (3));
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX test_replica_identity_partial ON test_replica_identity (keya, keyb) WHERE keyb != '3';
 -- default is 'd'/DEFAULT for user created tables
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/uuid.out b/src/test/regress/expected/uuid.out
index d907519918..4c4c092b35 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/uuid.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/uuid.out
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ SELECT COUNT(*) FROM guid1 WHERE guid_field >= '22222222-2222-2222-2222-22222222
 -- btree and hash index creation test
 CREATE INDEX guid1_btree ON guid1 USING BTREE (guid_field);
 CREATE INDEX guid1_hash  ON guid1 USING HASH  (guid_field);
+WARNING:  hash indexes are not WAL-logged so they are not crash-safe and cannot be used on streaming standbys
 -- unique index test
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX guid1_unique_BTREE ON guid1 USING BTREE (guid_field);
 -- should fail