Re: Press Release

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Press Release
Date: 2003-10-29 23:07:56
Message-ID: 200310292307.h9TN7uv10199@candle.pha.pa.us
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Robert Treat wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 17:24, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > If anybody has evidence that the FSM index management doens't work, then we'll
> > cut the paragraph. However, I'm inclined to trust Tom & Co., and my only
> > simple tests seemed to uphold the Lazy-Vacuum-ability of indexes.
>
> Tom has laid out at least one case where the potential for index growth
> exits, though I don't see it in a quick search of the archives...
>
> Tom, can you weigh in here?

If you delete all but one row on every index page, I think.

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