| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> | 
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| To: | "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> | 
| Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | Re: updating all records of a table | 
| Date: | 2011-03-04 03:20:03 | 
| Message-ID: | 1299208803.670.152.camel@jd-desktop | 
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On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:03 -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have to update all the records of a table.  I'm worried about what
> the table will look like in terms of fragmentation when this is
> finished.  Is there some sort of table healing/reorg/rebuild measure I
> should take if I want the resulting table to operate at optimal
> efficiency?  What about indexes, should I drop/recreate those?
Well it depends on the size of table but yes it is going to create a lot
of dead space. A cluster or reindex of the table will solve this for
you.
JD
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