Re: FSM rewrite committed, loose ends

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FSM rewrite committed, loose ends
Date: 2008-09-30 12:45:48
Message-ID: 48E21F7C.1070107@enterprisedb.com
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Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Question for the slow readers: this new FSM scheme being dynamic, it's no
> longer possible to have table bloat, right?
> (where table bloat is full of dead-for-any-transaction tuples, and you have to
> CLUSTER or VACUUM FULL to be able to reuse the space it takes)

No, it didn't change that. Regular VACUUMing or autovacuum is still needed.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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