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Am 27.07.2018 um 11:41 schrieb komala pelleti:
> Hi,
>
> We are using postgres 9.5.
>
> Iam not able to call vaccumdb from functions.: function check for 
> tables for databse if pct_dead > 100, then we are issuing a vaccum on 
> that table.
>
> getting error  .
>

vacuum can't run inside a transaction, and a function is a transaction. 
Why not using the autovacuum-feature?


Regards, Andreas

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