Re: Database takes up MUCH more disk space than it should

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dan Charrois <dan001(at)syz(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Database takes up MUCH more disk space than it should
Date: 2012-01-22 17:06:20
Message-ID: 15690.1327251980@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dan Charrois <dan001(at)syz(dot)com> writes:
> It's too bad \dt+ doesn't take into account the related TOAST table
> too - if it had, I would have expected that much disk space right from
> the get-go, and never thought twice about it.

FWIW, that's been changed as of 9.1.

regards, tom lane

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