Re: vacuumlo.

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Grant <grant(at)conprojan(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: vacuumlo.
Date: 2001-07-31 13:21:19
Message-ID: 200107311321.f6VDLJr07637@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > > Can you see a scenario where a programmer would forget to delete the
> > > > data from pg_largeobject and the database becoming very large filled
> > > > with orphaned large objects?
> > >
> > > Sure. My point wasn't that the functionality isn't needed, it's that
> > > I'm not sure vacuumlo does it well enough to be ready to promote to
> > > the status of mainstream code. It needs more review and testing before
> > > we can move it out of /contrib.
> > >
> >
> > IIRC vacuumlo doesn't take the type lo(see contrib/lo) into
> > account. I'm suspicious if vacuumlo is reliable.
>
> This was my round about way of asking if something to combat this issue
> can be placed in the to do list. :)

Added to TODO:

* Improve vacuum of large objects (/contrib/vacuumlo)

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