| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt(at)abpni(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Uncommitted Data |
| Date: | 2010-12-08 20:54:20 |
| Message-ID: | 1291841660.2872.1320.camel@ebony |
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On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 00:56 +0000, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> What does PG do with data that has been inserted into a table, but was
> never committed? Does the data get discarded once the connection dies?
The data is there, but is not visible. You can run an explicit VACUUM to
remove the "dead rows", or you can wait for it to be garbage collected
automatically at some point in the future, depending upon your workload.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
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