| From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: sequence indexes |
| Date: | 2002-01-25 21:00:03 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.40.0201251559100.47994-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
> Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> writes:
> > A bit much diskspace for that, isn't it? The data turns over alot.
>
> Yeah, this is one of the scenarios where we desperately need index
> compaction. The index pages holding the lower serial numbers are
> no doubt empty or nearly so, but there's no mechanism for reclaiming
> that space short of rebuilding the index. (BTW you might consider
> REINDEX instead of a manual drop/recreate.)
I'm guessing reindex wasn't in 6.5.3. :(
Vince.
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