Re: VACUUM FULL FREEZE is unsafe

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Thomas F(dot)O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUM FULL FREEZE is unsafe
Date: 2004-12-02 04:46:00
Message-ID: 200412020446.iB24k0q07949@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Thomas F.O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com> writes:
> > So why not have VACUUM FULL FREEZE just do what you propose: VACUUM
> > FULL then VACUUM FREEZE.
>
> The objective is to make it more safe, not less so. Doing that would
> require rewriting a whole bunch of code, which I am not up for at this
> stage of the release cycle.

Has this been corrected/disallowed yet?

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