Re: Checking a size of a given database

From: "Milen A(dot) Radev" <milen(at)radev(dot)net>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Checking a size of a given database
Date: 2007-04-17 11:39:32
Message-ID: f02blk$lnp$1@sea.gmane.org
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Chuck Amadi написа:
> I have been given a task to try a proof of concept of migrating are
> active databases from PostgreSQL 8.0.1 to 8.2.3
>
> I will install and configPostgreSQL on my local w/s and replicate the
> database users etc etc.
>
> I have had a look inside /var/lib/pgsql/data/base and there are
> numerous files (db's) which I believe is where I can check data base size.
>
> 1 108012 114465 122407 1261267 1261963 17229 17233 17234 17235
> 174066 19247 205009 21272 2793694 2794334 333245 333375
>
> I am aware that Postgresql creates directories to keep each database in.
> These directories aren't names,they are kept as the *'OID's *of each
> database (oid's are*"object identifiers"*).
>
> Previously I just run pg_dump and thus run ls -lh on the db dump. Anyway
> of checking a size of a given database I have tried
> the sql using select pg_database_size ('dbaname'); but no joy.

What does it mean "but no joy"? What was the error message?

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Milen A. Radev

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