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From: Pierre C <lists@peufeu.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to fast the REINDEX
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:25:53 +0200
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> So am I to understand I don't need to do daily reindexing as a  
> maintenance measure with 8.3.7 on FreeBSD.

Sometimes it's better to have indexes with some space in them so every  
insert doesn't hit a full index page and triggers a page split to make  
some space.
Of course if the index is 90% holes you got a problem ;)

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