Re: reindexdb dying with SIGPIPE on 8.2.5

From: Michael Monnerie <michael(dot)monnerie(at)is(dot)it-management(dot)at>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: reindexdb dying with SIGPIPE on 8.2.5
Date: 2008-12-21 20:21:05
Message-ID: 200812212121.05678@zmi.at
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On Freitag 19 Dezember 2008 Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> You don't need to vacuum or reindex after a cluster; it removes all
> dead rows (except those that vacuum won't remove anyway)

OK, but I do not cluster all tables, as it only makes sense for tables
which get read in some sequential (based on that index) way. For
completely random accessed tables I skip cluster, and rely on
vacuum/reindex. Also, I think pg_toast tables cannot be clustered,
right?

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