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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml index 94d43bf33a5..645431ee10d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml @@ -446,8 +446,9 @@ CREATE [ UNIQUE ] INDEX [ CONCURRENTLY ] [ [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class= wait for existing transactions that have modified the table to terminate. After the second scan, the index build must wait for any transactions that have a snapshot (see <xref linkend="mvcc">) predating the second - scan to terminate. Then finally the index can be marked ready for use, - and the <command>CREATE INDEX</> command terminates. + scan to terminate, including transactions used by any phase of concurrent + index builds on other tables. Then finally the index can be marked ready for use, + and the <command>CREATE INDEX</command> command terminates. Even then, however, the index may not be immediately usable for queries: in the worst case, it cannot be used as long as transactions exist that predate the start of the index build. |