From: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Kieren Scott <kierenscott@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: vacuum full table - internals in 8.3
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:41:51 -0400
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Kieren Scott wrote:
> I'm trying to understand what is going on internally when doing a
> VACUUM FULL on a table in 8.3.
The info you've gotten from Kevin is all correct, but you may find some
of the additional trivia in this area collected at
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/VACUUM_FULL interesting as well.
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Greg Smith, 2ndQuadrant US greg@2ndQuadrant.com Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support www.2ndQuadrant.us
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