Re: Feedback on getting rid of VACUUM FULL

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Hannu Krosing" <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Feedback on getting rid of VACUUM FULL
Date: 2009-09-16 23:31:40
Message-ID: 4AB12F0C020000250002B20C@gw.wicourts.gov
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I think this should be in core, not a contrib module.

+1

> I also wonder whether we should consider teaching regular VACUUM to
> do a little of this every time it's run. Right now, once your table
> gets bloated, it stays bloated forever, until you intervene. Making
> it slowly get better by itself would reduce the number of people who
> live with the problem for a month or a year before writing in to say
> "Access to this table seems really slow...".

+1 if feasible. That would be a very nice feature.

-Kevin

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