Re: VACUUMing sometimes increasing database size / sometimes

From: Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Florian G(dot) Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: Nitin Verma <nitinverma(at)azulsystems(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUMing sometimes increasing database size / sometimes
Date: 2006-06-15 20:24:10
Message-ID: 6B94D222-5A5F-487F-AC0B-BA1877394AFE@pervasive.com
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On Jun 15, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Florian G. Pflug wrote:

> Nitin Verma wrote:
>> Were these bugs fixed by 7.3.2, if not what version should I look
>> for?
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2001-06/msg00005.php
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2000-04/msg00083.php
> Ahm... 7.3.2 is *very* outdated. The current version of postgresql is
> 8.1.4.
>
> The mails you linked are from the year 2001 (!), and concern 6.5
> (!!) - A lot of things have changed in postgres since then ;-)
>
> None of the problems discussed there should trouble postgres
> anymore, if
> you use a at least remotely recent version (Say, >= 8.0, or 7.4
> *at* *the* *very* *least*).

And if you are going to stick with 7.3, at least get the latest
version of it.

As for searching for bugs... http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/
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