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To: "Peter Kovacs" <maxottovonstirlitz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Do we need vacuuming when tables are regularly dropped? 
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Peter Kovacs" <maxottovonstirlitz@gmail.com> writes:
> It is not immediately clear from the documentation, but the VACUUM
> command also deals with the system catalogs as well, correct?

If it's run without any argument by a superuser, then yes.

(I think in recent versions we also allow a non-superuser database owner
to do this.)

			regards, tom lane