From: | "Peter J(dot) Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: REINDEX vs VACUUM |
Date: | 2023-01-05 12:15:00 |
Message-ID: | 20230105121500.sbjmmw3xswwzyelt@hjp.at |
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On 2023-01-05 12:34:08 +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > Von: "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at>
> > On 2023-01-04 09:34:42 -0600, Ron wrote:
> > > I don't think VACUUM FULL (copy the table, create new indices and other
> > > metadata all in one command) actually vacuums tables. It's a misleading
> > > name.
> >
> > Move all the stuff from the living room to the bedroom and then jettison
> > the living room.
> >
> > Isn't that how you normally vacuum your living room?
>
> Well, yeah, I wouldn't expect the table to be *copied*. After all, there's
> not that much use for more than one per living room.
Well, you won't have the old table anymore if you leave it in the living
room.
On a more serious note: It it pretty much impossible to move anything
inside a computer. To move something you have to
* copy it and then delete (overwrite) the original, or
* leave it where it is and refer to it from a different location (which
typically means copying and deleting the reference)
hp
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