From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Craig A. James <cjames@modgraph-usa.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: No vacuum for insert-only database?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:09:49 -0400
Message-ID: <20060313150949.GK8274@surnet.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44158989.6020103@modgraph-usa.com>
References: <44158989.6020103@modgraph-usa.com>
Craig A. James wrote:
> If I only insert data into a table, never update or delete, then I should
> never have to vacuum it. Is that correct?
You still need to vacuum eventually, to avoid transaction Id wraparound
issues. But not as often.
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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