Re: Diskspace

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff MacDonald <bignose(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Diskspace
Date: 2004-12-20 19:53:40
Message-ID: 27476.1103572420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff MacDonald <bignose(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> well, i did a "delete from email_log" and then a vacuum and the files
> are still lingering around...

TRUNCATE would be better. A VACUUM FULL would shrink the tables all
right, but probably not do much for the indexes.

regards, tom lane

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