Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9DB632EC0 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 10:03:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48701-10 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 13:03:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sd-17937.dedibox.fr (sd-17937.dedibox.fr [88.191.100.74]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27610632354 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 10:03:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.10.3] (ASte-Genev-Bois-153-1-30-238.w83-112.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.112.76.238]) by sd-17937.dedibox.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3716B3B8F5; Fri, 14 May 2010 15:03:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BED4A2E.2090507@lelarge.info> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:03:42 +0200 From: Guillaume Lelarge User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Narasimha Murthy-VRFX87 CC: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Clarification required: autovacuum and VACUUM command mode References: <58FEF525AF1E664D9503ACDEAC926BBC03BE7D5F@ZMY16EXM66.ds.mot.com> In-Reply-To: <58FEF525AF1E664D9503ACDEAC926BBC03BE7D5F@ZMY16EXM66.ds.mot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.8 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201005/150 X-Sequence-Number: 34623 Hi, Le 14/05/2010 14:52, Narasimha Murthy-VRFX87 a écrit : > [...] > I need a clarification on auto-vacuum. Appreciate any > clarification/help. > > As explained in page 1093 of postgresql-8.2-US.pdf, VACUUM command works > either in plain mode (if we do not specify FULL) or in FULL mode. When > autovacuum is enabled, what mode does it run the VACUUM command (in > plain mode or in FULL mode)? In plain mode. -- Guillaume. http://www.postgresqlfr.org http://dalibo.com