Docs: concurrent builds of partitioned indexes are not supported

david-rowley · david-rowley · commit 6c0c28383749 · 2019-06-06T12:36:37.000+12:00
Document that CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY is not currently supported for indexes on partitioned tables. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKJS1f_CErd2z9L21Q8OGLD4TgH7yw1z9MAtHTSO13sXVG-yow@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 11
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -615,6 +615,16 @@ Indexes:
     within a transaction block, but <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</command>
     cannot.
    </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Concurrent builds for indexes on partitioned tables are currently not
+    supported.  However, you may concurrently build the index on each
+    partition individually and then finally create the partitioned index
+    non-concurrently in order to reduce the time where writes to the
+    partitioned table will be locked out.  In this case, building the
+    partitioned index is a metadata only operation.
+   </para>
+
   </refsect2>
  </refsect1>
 
