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'\" t .\" Title: reindexdb .\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> .\" Date: 2025 .\" Manual: PostgreSQL 14.19 Documentation .\" Source: PostgreSQL 14.19 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "REINDEXDB" "1" "2025" "PostgreSQL 14.19" "PostgreSQL 14.19 Documentation" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" reindexdb \- reindex a PostgreSQL database .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBreindexdb\fR\ 'u \fBreindexdb\fR [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] [\fIoption\fR...] [\ \fB\-S\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-schema\fR\ \fIschema\fR\ ]... [\ \fB\-t\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-table\fR\ \fItable\fR\ ]... [\ \fB\-i\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-index\fR\ \fIindex\fR\ ]... [\fIdbname\fR] .HP \w'\fBreindexdb\fR\ 'u \fBreindexdb\fR [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] [\fIoption\fR...] \fB\-a\fR | \fB\-\-all\fR .HP \w'\fBreindexdb\fR\ 'u \fBreindexdb\fR [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] [\fIoption\fR...] \fB\-s\fR | \fB\-\-system\fR [\fIdbname\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP reindexdb is a utility for rebuilding indexes in a PostgreSQL database\&. .PP reindexdb is a wrapper around the SQL command \fBREINDEX\fR\&. There is no effective difference between reindexing databases via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP reindexdb accepts the following command\-line arguments: .PP \fB\-a\fR .br \fB\-\-all\fR .RS 4 Reindex all databases\&. .RE .PP \fB\-\-concurrently\fR .RS 4 Use the CONCURRENTLY option\&. See \fBREINDEX\fR(7), where all the caveats of this option are explained in detail\&. .RE .PP \fB[\-d]\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIdbname\fR\fR .br \fB[\-\-dbname=]\fR\fB\fIdbname\fR\fR .RS 4 Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed, when \fB\-a\fR/\fB\-\-all\fR is not used\&. If this is not specified, the database name is read from the environment variable \fBPGDATABASE\fR\&. If that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is used\&. The \fIdbname\fR can be a connection string\&. If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting command line options\&. .RE .PP \fB\-e\fR .br \fB\-\-echo\fR .RS 4 Echo the commands that reindexdb generates and sends to the server\&. .RE .PP \fB\-i \fR\fB\fIindex\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-index=\fR\fB\fIindex\fR\fR .RS 4 Recreate \fIindex\fR only\&. Multiple indexes can be recreated by writing multiple \fB\-i\fR switches\&. .RE .PP \fB\-j \fR\fB\fInjobs\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-jobs=\fR\fB\fInjobs\fR\fR .RS 4 Execute the reindex commands in parallel by running \fInjobs\fR commands simultaneously\&. This option may reduce the processing time but it also increases the load on the database server\&. .sp reindexdb will open \fInjobs\fR connections to the database, so make sure your max_connections setting is high enough to accommodate all connections\&. .sp Note that this option is incompatible with the \fB\-\-index\fR and \fB\-\-system\fR options\&. .RE .PP \fB\-q\fR .br \fB\-\-quiet\fR .RS 4 Do not display progress messages\&. .RE .PP \fB\-s\fR .br \fB\-\-system\fR .RS 4 Reindex database\*(Aqs system catalogs only\&. .RE .PP \fB\-S \fR\fB\fIschema\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-schema=\fR\fB\fIschema\fR\fR .RS 4 Reindex \fIschema\fR only\&. Multiple schemas can be reindexed by writing multiple \fB\-S\fR switches\&. .RE .PP \fB\-t \fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-table=\fR\fB\fItable\fR\fR .RS 4 Reindex \fItable\fR only\&. Multiple tables can be reindexed by writing multiple \fB\-t\fR switches\&. .RE .PP \fB\-\-tablespace=\fR\fB\fItablespace\fR\fR .RS 4 Specifies the tablespace where indexes are rebuilt\&. (This name is processed as a double\-quoted identifier\&.) .RE .PP \fB\-v\fR .br \fB\-\-verbose\fR .RS 4 Print detailed information during processing\&. .RE .PP \fB\-V\fR .br \fB\-\-version\fR .RS 4 Print the reindexdb version and exit\&. .RE .PP \fB\-?\fR .br \fB\-\-help\fR .RS 4 Show help about reindexdb command line arguments, and exit\&. .RE .PP reindexdb also accepts the following command\-line arguments for connection parameters: .PP \fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR .RS 4 Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running\&. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket\&. .RE .PP \fB\-p \fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR .RS 4 Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections\&. .RE .PP \fB\-U \fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR .br \fB\-\-username=\fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR .RS 4 User name to connect as\&. .RE .PP \fB\-w\fR .br \fB\-\-no\-password\fR .RS 4 Never issue a password prompt\&. If the server requires password authentication and a password is not available by other means such as a \&.pgpass file, the connection attempt will fail\&. This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a password\&. .RE .PP \fB\-W\fR .br \fB\-\-password\fR .RS 4 Force reindexdb to prompt for a password before connecting to a database\&. .sp This option is never essential, since reindexdb will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication\&. However, reindexdb will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password\&. In some cases it is worth typing \fB\-W\fR to avoid the extra connection attempt\&. .RE .PP \fB\-\-maintenance\-db=\fR\fB\fIdbname\fR\fR .RS 4 When the \fB\-a\fR/\fB\-\-all\fR is used, connect to this database to gather the list of databases to reindex\&. If not specified, the postgres database will be used, or if that does not exist, template1 will be used\&. This can be a connection string\&. If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting command line options\&. Also, connection string parameters other than the database name itself will be re\-used when connecting to other databases\&. .RE .SH "ENVIRONMENT" .PP \fBPGDATABASE\fR .br \fBPGHOST\fR .br \fBPGPORT\fR .br \fBPGUSER\fR .RS 4 Default connection parameters .RE .PP \fBPG_COLOR\fR .RS 4 Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages\&. Possible values are always, auto and never\&. .RE .PP This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by libpq (see Section\ \&34.15)\&. .SH "DIAGNOSTICS" .PP In case of difficulty, see \fBREINDEX\fR(7) and \fBpsql\fR(1) for discussions of potential problems and error messages\&. The database server must be running at the targeted host\&. Also, any default connection settings and environment variables used by the libpq front\-end library will apply\&. .SH "NOTES" .PP reindexdb might need to connect several times to the PostgreSQL server, asking for a password each time\&. It is convenient to have a ~/\&.pgpass file in such cases\&. See Section\ \&34.16 for more information\&. .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP To reindex the database test: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf $ \fBreindexdb test\fR .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .PP To reindex the table foo and the index bar in a database named abcd: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf $ \fBreindexdb \-\-table=foo \-\-index=bar abcd\fR .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBREINDEX\fR(7)