From f5dc03dc69d70372d4c6d8fe731b570e926085c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:57:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mention that when alter rewrites a table, indexes are also
rebuilt.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 85f7c75c999..833753aedeb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.114 2010/06/09 17:48:10 alvherre Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.115 2010/06/24 14:57:21 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<para>
Adding a column with a non-null default or changing the type of an
- existing column will require the entire table to be rewritten. This
- might take a significant amount of time for a large table; and it will
+ existing column will require the entire table and indexes to be rewritten.
+ This might take a significant amount of time for a large table; and it will
temporarily require double the disk space. Adding or removing a system
<literal>oid</> column likewise requires rewriting the entire table.
</para>
--
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