From: Alejandro <ahmostovoi@gmail.com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Estimate physical index size
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:57:08 -0300
Message-ID: <4E6D0484.2000201@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E6C91CD02000025000410C0@gw.wicourts.gov>
References: <4E6C91CD02000025000410C0@gw.wicourts.gov>
Kevin,
thanks for reply.
I need to estimate the entire database size (tables, indexes,
etc.), prior to create it. I know how to calculate a table size, but I
don't know how to calculate an index size.
Thanks.
Alejandro
On 11/09/11 12:47, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Alejandro wrote:
>
>> I need to know how to estimate physical index size. I can't find
>> any formulas in online documentation.
>
> For an existing index you probably want pg_relation_size():
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-DBSIZE
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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