Re: How to detect if a postgresql gin index is bloated

Hello Kam Fook
You can use pgstattuple extension, & you can use pg_trgm or gin_index_stats
functions from the pgstattuple extension to check for bloat in GIN indexes.
Thank & Regards

*Muhammad Affan (*아판*)*

*PostgreSQL Technical Support Engineer** / Pakistan R&D*

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 2:07 AM Wong, Kam Fook (TR Technology) <
kamfook(dot)wong(at)thomsonreuters(dot)com> wrote:

> I have a GIN index. Is there a way to detect if a postgres GIN index is
> bloated or not? The regular select * from pgstatindex(‘indexname’); does
> not work because the GIN index is not btree index.
>
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> Thank you
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