From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Mark Steben <msteben@autorevenue.com>
Cc: 'Chris' <dmagick@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: question on TRUNCATE vs VACUUM FULL
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:37:33 -0300
Message-ID: <20080319133733.GA6845@alvh.no-ip.org> (raw)
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<011e01c889c4$4a8dee30$14010a0a@dei26g028575>
Mark Steben escribió:
> My confusion lies in the fact that we empty table C after
> Function D finishes. There aren't any current data or records
> To touch on the table. The MVCC leftovers are all purely dead
> Rows that should be deleted.
Not if there are open transactions that might want to look at the table
after the VACUUM FULL is completed.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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