Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com> writes:
> Not exactly. What it said was "To avoid a database shutdown, execute a
> full-database VACUUM". In that context, "full" means you vacuum
> everything in the database, but only regular VACUUM is needed. VACUUM
> FULL, as you learned the hard way, is a more intensive operation, and it's
> not needed to resolve the problem you started with. It's a somewhat
> unfortunately worded HINT.
Maybe we could rephrase it as "whole-database VACUUM"?
regards, tom lane