Huge pg_toast table

From: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Huge pg_toast table
Date: 2003-07-24 20:53:26
Message-ID: 200307241453.26503.pgsql@bluepolka.net
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I have a frequently updated table called 'audit' with 10,000 rows of about
90kb per row (90kb * 10k = 900mb). There is a 35gb system table called
pg_toast_NNNNN where NNNNN is the oid of the 'audit' table.

My question: should I expect a 'vacuum full' to shrink the size of this
pg_toast table? I ask instead of just doing it because doing so would
require scheduling customer downtime since 'vacuum full' blocks access.

TIA.

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