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From: Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@thenilgiris.com>
To: PostgreSQL SQL <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: why vacuum
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:15:17 +0530
Message-ID: <200510261015.17623.lawgon@thenilgiris.com> (raw)

hi,
i was in a minor flame war with a mysql guy - his major grouse was that 
'I wouldnt commit mission critical data to a database that needs to be 
vacuumed once a week'. So why does pg need vacuum?
-- 
regards
kg

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