Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> I noticed something strange today, and thought I should report it. I
> vacuumed a database, and as expected, one of the table's size decreased
> (other table were VACUUMed individually earlier); but o my astonishment, the
> size of the UNIQUE KEY index on one of the columns increased.
That's normal. VACUUM FULL creates new index pointers for the tuples it
moves, which can lead to a bigger index. If it bothers, REINDEX will
pack the indexes tighter again.
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