Re: Index Bloat - how to tell?

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Crooke <dcrooke(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Plugge, Joe R(dot)" <JRPlugge(at)west(dot)com>, John W Strange <john(dot)w(dot)strange(at)jpmchase(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Index Bloat - how to tell?
Date: 2010-12-18 03:56:01
Message-ID: 4D0C30D1.4020102@vmsinfo.com
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Robert Haas wrote:
>
> This doesn't really match my definition of the word "fragmentation", though...
>
>
Same here. However, I did run "reindex" on one table and this indicator
did drop to 0. I will shoot an email to the author, he's probably
smarter than me and will be able to provide a reasonable explanation.

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