Re: Doubts regarding pg_freespacemap extension

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Rucha Kulkarni <rirukool(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Doubts regarding pg_freespacemap extension
Date: 2025-02-18 16:21:21
Message-ID: 5dc74f16-8460-4aa2-9c5a-895698df98e5@aklaver.com
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On 2/17/25 07:12, Rucha Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi PostgreSQL Community,
>
> While exploring the pg_freespacemap extension, I came across a few
> doubts and would appreciate any insights or clarifications:
>
>
> 3. Whenever I check the values for B-tree indexes, I observe all values
> to be 0.

From here:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgfreespacemap.html

"For indexes, what is tracked is entirely-unused pages, rather than free
space within pages. Therefore, the values are not meaningful, just
whether a page is full or empty."

>
> Regards,
>
> Rucha Kulkarni
>

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