VACUUM/VACUUM FULL/REINDEX

From: Sam Barnett-Cormack <s(dot)barnett-cormack(at)lancaster(dot)ac(dot)uk>
To: PostgreSQL Administrators Mailing List <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: VACUUM/VACUUM FULL/REINDEX
Date: 2003-08-01 08:56:47
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.50.0308010955350.6415-100000@short.lancs.ac.uk
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I'm a little confused about comments I've seen on this list - a VACUUM
is not enough, clearly, to maintain a trim, efficient DB. People have
mentioned that REINDEX is also needed periodically. Is this the case
even if one VACUUM FULL's periodically, or does that effectively REINDEX
also?

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Sam Barnett-Cormack
Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths
UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University

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