Re: Dumb question - how to tell if autovacuum is doing its job in 8.2.x

On 2/13/07, Walter Vaughan <wvaughan(at)steelerubber(dot)com> wrote:
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>
> select last_autovacuum, last_autoanalyze from pg_stat_all_tables;
> last_autovacuum | last_autoanalyze
> -----------------+------------------
> |
> ...snip lots of identically blank lines...
> |
> |
> (939 rows)
>
> Does that mean it's working or not configured right?
>
>
It means auto vacuum/analyze did not trigger on any of the
tables. You may want to try:

SELECT name, setting from pg_settings where name like '%autovacuum%';

to get the settings of autovacuum and check if autovacuum is turned on or
not.

Thanks,
Pavan

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