Re: REINDEX requirement?

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Igor Neyman <ineyman(at)perceptron(dot)com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AI Rumman [mailto:rummandba(at)gmail(dot)com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:26 AM
> > To: pgsql-general General
> > Subject: REINDEX requirement?
> >
> > How do I know that index require REINDEX?
> >
> >
>
> Look at the results of pgstatindex(...) function for specific index.
> It's part of pgstattupple contrib module - read it up in the docs.
>
>
If you are looking for a "poor mans" tool, we have a script that will output
numbers on table/index bloat. It's not entirely accurate (patches welcome),
but usually good enough to highlight the problems. See
http://labs.omniti.com/labs/pgtreats/log/trunk/tools/pg_bloat_report.pl

Robert Treat
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