Re: how do I clear a page, or set an item in a page to

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Eric Parusel <lists(at)globalrelay(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how do I clear a page, or set an item in a page to
Date: 2005-03-21 20:00:29
Message-ID: 1431.1111435229@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
> ahh, ok. I just know I'm much more nervous about zeroing stuff by hand
> than letting the backend do it for me.

Well, I certainly hope Eric is gonna save aside a copy of the file
(if not the whole database) before he hacks it ;-)

BTW, I missed the point about REINDEX. Yeah, that's probably a good
idea to get rid of any index entries pointing at the removed rows.

regards, tom lane

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