Re: VACUUM ANALYZE

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Robert James" <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUM ANALYZE
Date: 2007-03-23 03:32:53
Message-ID: 1501.1174620773@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Robert James" <srobertjames(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I see in all the docs to run VACUUM ANALYZE periodically. My host told me
> that in Postgres 8.2 this is not needed as it is done automatically.

8.2 has an autovacuum feature but it is *not* turned on by default ...
has your host enabled it?

> Is that true? How can I see the results of the automatic vacuum analyze? Or
> configure them?

See the autovacuum info in the documentation.

regards, tom lane

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