X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E9C53F76 for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:46:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48656-04 for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:46:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.200]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2645E53EEE for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:46:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so669414wra for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:46:22 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FvFaUy7ymI5bFjG9T4mD+ssDGWSMeCAbiCNQFwwfspBJ70gd0H/NC3blC1/fWolDw37n2FLOZsMNnkUw/I5m5UZdl6l5blCesZGoZ4zDLc7WFKd7hE1yXXG4yB2Ss81rh/TdIJrAU4Kbr4YF+FY+15/Wyn0wnUXYtHzDPv4GpnY= Received: by 10.54.77.16 with SMTP id z16mr2036792wra; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.86.16 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <33c6269f050421103311a3f3f8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:33:28 -0400 From: Alex Turner Reply-To: Alex Turner To: Josh Berkus Subject: Re: Index bloat problem? Cc: Bill Chandler , pgsql-perform In-Reply-To: <200504211022.03541.josh@agliodbs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050421170018.2998.qmail@web51403.mail.yahoo.com> <200504211022.03541.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.278 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, RCVD_BY_IP X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/579 X-Sequence-Number: 11976 Is: REINDEX DATABASE blah supposed to rebuild all indices in the database, or must you specify each table individualy? (I'm asking because I just tried it and it only did system tables) Alex Turner netEconomist On 4/21/05, Josh Berkus wrote: > Bill, >=20 > > What about if an out-of-the-ordinary number of rows > > were deleted (say 75% of rows in the table, as opposed > > to normal 5%) followed by a 'VACUUM ANALYZE'? Could > > things get out of whack because of that situation? >=20 > Yes. You'd want to run REINDEX after and event like that. As you should= now. >=20 > -- > Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco >=20 > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? >=20 > http://archives.postgresql.org >