Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B639C64FEFB for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:31:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57381-02 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:31:51 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2050464FD39 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:31:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-66-230.bk5-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.66.230]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7VGYpsU019945 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:34:54 -0700 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 512F947CA7; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:31:40 -0400 (CLT) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:31:40 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Jeff Frost Cc: Tom Lane , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: vacuum verbose relations reporting Message-ID: <20080831163140.GA3856@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <11312.1219794535@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080827013612.GT4920@alvh.no-ip.org> <48B4EDF7.9080505@frostconsultingllc.com> <48BAC44F.6090909@frostconsultingllc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48BAC44F.6090909@frostconsultingllc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:34:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200808/247 X-Sequence-Number: 30092 Jeff Frost wrote: > I guess this isn't entirely accurate, as the above script returns 35883, > but vacuum verbose returns: > > INFO: free space map contains 111435 pages in 10005 relations Well, what this means is that not every single table has useful free space ... -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support