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pg_get_indexdef

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Reconstructs the creating command for an index.

Signatures & examples

pg_get_indexdef ( index oid [, column integer, pretty boolean ] ) → text
Reconstructs the creating command for an index. (This is a decompiled reconstruction, not the original text of the command.) If column is supplied and is not zero, only the definition of that column is reconstructed.
Version history 1
  1. PG 12 → 13changed

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source