On 11/12/2015 02:21 PM, Doiron, Daniel wrote:
I’m troubleshooting a schema and found this: Indexes: "pk_patient_diagnoses" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id) "index_4341548" UNIQUE, btree (id) "idx_patient_diagnoses_deleted" btree (deleted) "idx_patient_diagnoses_diagnosis_type_id" btree (diagnosis_type_id) "idx_patient_diagnoses_icd10" btree (icd10) "idx_patient_diagnoses_icd9" btree (diagnosis_code) "idx_patient_diagnoses_is_unknown" btree (is_unknown) "idx_patient_diagnoses_modified" btree (modified) "idx_patient_diagnoses_patient_id" btree (patient_id) "idx_patient_diagnoses_uuid" btree (uuid) "index_325532921" btree (modified) "index_4345603" btree (deleted) "index_4349516" btree (diagnosis_type_id) "index_4353417" btree (icd10) "index_4384754" btree (diagnosis_code) "index_4418849" btree (is_unknown) "index_4424101" btree (patient_id) "index_4428458" btree (uuid) My questions is whether these “index_*” indexes could have been created by postgresql or whether I have an errant developer using some kinda third-party tool?
This is definitely a third party tool. The only time an index will be implicitly created is:
1. You set a column as the PRIMARY KEY 2. You set a column UNIQUE Lastly, postgresql would never use such a ridiculous naming scheme. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. New rule for social situations: "If you think to yourself not even JD would say this..." Stop and shut your mouth. It's going to be bad. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general