Re: un-vacuum?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Cc: uwcssa <uwcssa(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: un-vacuum?
Date: 2006-01-19 22:11:56
Message-ID: 9793.1137708716@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 03:54:33PM -0500, uwcssa wrote:
>> I want to do this for repeating some experiment results, not for
>> tuning the db (pretty much like using an old machine to find
>> performance difference for an algorithm). so if i have a way
>> of knowing which tables are storing the statistics, i guess i can
>> delete all from that table to archieve this.

> pg_statistic stores statistics. I think it's safe to delete rows,

"DELETE FROM pg_statistic" is safe enough, but it's more of an
"un-analyze" than an "un-vacuum". There is no "un-vacuum".

regards, tom lane

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