Re: [GENERAL] Time Travel

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: a_widodo(at)natrindo(dot)co(dot)id (Andy)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su (Vadim B(dot) Mikheev)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Time Travel
Date: 1998-07-12 15:39:54
Message-ID: 199807121539.LAA02807@candle.pha.pa.us
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> We use Prostgres 6.3.2 for our production system, but the Postgres
> tables is growing when the data updated (time travel?). Could any one
> help me to stop this time travel problem, since it make our system slow,
> and data corrputed frequently, our table size is about 150 MB (after
> vacuum), and 210 MB (before vacuum). The table is updated about 100
> thousands time per day, and we do the daily vacuum for the table.

I have talked to Vadim about auto-reusing superceeded rows. It is on
the todo list. Currently, only vacuum removes old rows.

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