Re: question on TRUNCATE vs VACUUM FULL

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Mark Steben <msteben(at)autorevenue(dot)com>
Cc: "'Chris'" <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: question on TRUNCATE vs VACUUM FULL
Date: 2008-03-19 13:37:33
Message-ID: 20080319133733.GA6845@alvh.no-ip.org
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Mark Steben escribió:

> My confusion lies in the fact that we empty table C after
> Function D finishes. There aren't any current data or records
> To touch on the table. The MVCC leftovers are all purely dead
> Rows that should be deleted.

Not if there are open transactions that might want to look at the table
after the VACUUM FULL is completed.

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

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