Re: Calculating size of the database tables

From: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: akuppachi(at)hss(dot)hns(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Calculating size of the database tables
Date: 2004-06-10 10:55:54
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0406101354420.11293-100000@emo.org.tr
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Hi,

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 akuppachi(at)hss(dot)hns(dot)com wrote:

<snip>
> I would appreciate any pointers to finding out the correct size occupied by
> my database tables. Will the physical size of the "data" folder (as given
> by 'ls' command) give me the true size, or is there any other sql command
> that i can use to get this information? I am using PostgreSQL, version
> 7.4.1 server libraries.

Please see contrib/dbsize. From README file:

"
This module contains two functions that report the size of a given
database or relation. E.g.,

SELECT database_size('template1');
SELECT relation_size('pg_class');

These functions report the actual file system space. Thus, users can
avoid digging through the details of the database directories.
"

Regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ
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