Re: Draft release notes for 9.3.2

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Draft release notes for 9.3.2
Date: 2013-12-02 19:24:00
Message-ID: 20131202192400.GD15336@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-12-02 10:51:28 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
>
> "The issue can be ameliorated by, after upgrading, vacuuming all tables
> in all databases while having vacuum_freeze_table_age set to zero. "
>
> Why not say:
>
> "This issue can be ameliorated by, after upgrading, running a
> database-wide VACUUM FREEZE."
>
> Or is there a difference in this case? If so, what?

vacuum_freeze_table age causes a full table scan, but doesn't freeze
rows younger than vacuum_freeze_min_age. I.e. it finishes much faster.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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