Re: [DOCS] The number of bytes is stored in index_size of pgstatindex() ?

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: 大塚憲司 <otsuka(dot)kenji(at)nttcom(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] The number of bytes is stored in index_size of pgstatindex() ?
Date: 2016-02-19 00:29:31
Message-ID: CAM3SWZR5X+8QbUUh2xUuNJ8gPe7cm9Lr9CtEQafxkJoqQn-7+g@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Because they've been removed from the right-link/left-link chains.

That isn't the same thing as being inaccessible by scans, clearly
(just what you call the "leaf scan sequence"). Besides, half-dead
pages still have right-link/left-link chains, and there are usage
patterns where half-dead pages might accumulate.

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Peter Geoghegan

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