Add note that REINDEX takes a weaker lock than it used to.

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Tom Lane 2004-10-24 22:43:56 +00:00
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>REINDEX</command> does not exclusively lock the index's
parent table anymore
</para>
<para>
The index itself is still exclusively locked, but readers of the
table can continue if they are not using the particular index
being rebuilt.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
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