Re: index bloat question

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: index bloat question
Date: 2011-10-17 00:01:20
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
> just a couple of questions:
> will there be an index bloat if I have:
> - a serial column and only add rows to the table?
> - a text column and I only add rows to the table?
> For the serial column the numbers are only incremented, for the text column
> I add random strings.

With no deletes or updates, the only bloat will be from a non 100% fill factor.

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