Re: No vacuum for insert-only database?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Craig A(dot) James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No vacuum for insert-only database?
Date: 2006-03-13 15:09:49
Message-ID: 20060313150949.GK8274@surnet.cl
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Craig A. James wrote:
> If I only insert data into a table, never update or delete, then I should
> never have to vacuum it. Is that correct?

You still need to vacuum eventually, to avoid transaction Id wraparound
issues. But not as often.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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