Re: autovacuum vacuums entire database...is this right?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "richyen3(at)gmail(dot)com" <richyen3(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: autovacuum vacuums entire database...is this right?
Date: 2007-06-03 22:17:34
Message-ID: 20070603221734.GB3813@alvh.no-ip.org
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richyen3(at)gmail(dot)com escribió:
> It's been about a month and a half, and I'm getting this VACUUM
> again. This time, I'm wondering if there's any way to tell if
> autovacuum is doing a database-wide vacuum for the sake of xid
> wraparound or for some other reason. Is there some sort of entry that
> gets put into the log, and if so, what log level would it be at?

No, I don't think we had yet set more extensive logging in autovacuum.

> If this doesn't get logged, could I make this a feature request?

Not really, because starting from 8.2 autovacuum no longer does that.
There is no longer a need for database-wide vacuums. So if you're
having problems because of that, your best bet is to upgrade.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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