Re: REINDEX not working for wastedspace

From: Venkat Balaji <venkat(dot)balaji(at)verse(dot)in>
To: AI Rumman <rummandba(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REINDEX not working for wastedspace
Date: 2011-09-21 07:07:46
Message-ID: CAFrxt0ixpDtSERgYyWN08zJws5K=boE0s0L9sCvtGfCiw8hOtQ@mail.gmail.com
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Could you please let us know if you have analyzed after the re-indexing is
done ?

This must show differences for only Indexes not the Tables.

For Tables, you need to do VACUUM FULL to show the difference.

Thanks
Venkat

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:31 PM, AI Rumman <rummandba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I am using Postgresql 9.0.1.
>
> Using the query http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Show_database_bloat, I got
> the following result for a table:
>
> -[ RECORD 1 ]----+-----------------------------------------------
> current_database | crm
> schemaname | public
> tablename | _attachments
> tbloat | 0.9
> wastedbytes | 0
> iname | attachments_description_type_attachmentsid_idx
> ibloat | 2.3
> wastedibytes | 5439488
> -[ RECORD 2 ]----+-----------------------------------------------
> current_database | crm
> schemaname | public
> tablename | _attachments
> tbloat | 0.9
> wastedbytes | 0
> iname | attachments_attachmentsid_idx
> ibloat | 0.2
> wastedibytes | 0
> -[ RECORD 3 ]----+-----------------------------------------------
> current_database | crm
> schemaname | public
> tablename | _attachments
> tbloat | 0.9
> wastedbytes | 0
> iname | _attachments_pkey
> ibloat | 0.2
> wastedibytes | 0
>
> I REINDEXED both the indexes and table, but I did not find any change in
> wastedspace or wastedispace.
> Could you please tell me why?
>

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