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authorHeikki Linnakangas2010-10-26 19:50:31 +0000
committerHeikki Linnakangas2010-10-26 19:53:08 +0000
commitb887f7b3526627d22d01d0cdb74a21ead08934a7 (patch)
tree09aae2f0311b9037f0c7ac81ffd773ba79dd2684
parent3d7905d21a45ae5790ad3ae5487d56de5cf39110 (diff)
Note explicitly that hash indexes are also not replicated because they're not
WAL-logged. Make the notice about the lack of WAL-logging more visible by making it a <caution>. Also remove the false statement from hot standby caveats section that hash indexes are not used during hot standby.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml3
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml9
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
index eabd844fa38..74684f7d0cc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml
@@ -1845,8 +1845,7 @@ LOG: database system is ready to accept read only connections
<listitem>
<para>
Operations on hash indexes are not presently WAL-logged, so
- replay will not update these indexes. Hash indexes will not be
- used for query plans during recovery.
+ replay will not update these indexes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
index a28f1dba519..1b02f5f5635 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/indices.sgml
@@ -187,14 +187,15 @@ CREATE INDEX <replaceable>name</replaceable> ON <replaceable>table</replaceable>
</synopsis>
</para>
- <note>
+ <caution>
<para>
Hash index operations are not presently WAL-logged,
so hash indexes might need to be rebuilt with <command>REINDEX</>
- after a database crash.
- For this reason, hash index use is presently discouraged.
+ after a database crash. They are also not replicated over streaming or
+ file-based replication.
+ For these reasons, hash index use is presently discouraged.
</para>
- </note>
+ </caution>
<para>
<indexterm>