Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D2611337B2F for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:56:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02581-07 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:56:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.124]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5304D133798E for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:56:01 -0400 (AST) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=dquaJDitHqzHCdqWSoZ6IgapSuTzW/4TaRYx9N9k4W8= c=1 sm=0 a=j8ZyI3p0K1oA:10 a=JRZeEW2aRuwA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:17 a=_Ixf_7qHAAAA:8 a=ecGAc8YxjtmsIDc0eSQA:9 a=0Yi6DSwCq6QxAj_0T-cA:7 a=S-pE37EhjiGjBVE62s683CZp9fgA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=ryAo9hy1-OkA:10 a=6vsjEBoLwlAA:10 a=0tfO7MgyNwYA:10 a=RAii6je2cdnAH6ATCOpc6g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 74.73.87.196 Received: from [74.73.87.196] ([74.73.87.196:25240] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id F6/F7-14011-1D03C0D4; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:56:01 +0000 Message-ID: <4D0C30D1.4020102@vmsinfo.com> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:56:01 -0500 From: Mladen Gogala Reply-To: mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com Organization: VMS User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Haas CC: Dave Crooke , "Plugge, Joe R." , John W Strange , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Index Bloat - how to tell? References: <4D0A680C.7040105@vmsinfo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201012/227 X-Sequence-Number: 41679 Robert Haas wrote: > > This doesn't really match my definition of the word "fragmentation", though... > > Same here. However, I did run "reindex" on one table and this indicator did drop to 0. I will shoot an email to the author, he's probably smarter than me and will be able to provide a reasonable explanation. -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 www.vmsinfo.com