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* Improve speed with indexes For large table adjustments during VACUUM FULL, it is faster to cluster or reindex rather than update the index. Also, index updates can bloat the index.
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<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
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<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</a>)<br/>
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