Re: Bloated Table

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christophe <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
Cc: Pg - General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bloated Table
Date: 2009-05-28 00:23:27
Message-ID: 21548.1243470207@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christophe <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> writes:
> Given this, is there is a recommended way of detecting bloat in
> indices automatically, rather than just looking at them once in a
> while and saying, "Hm, that looks pretty big"?

contrib/pgstattuple works; it's just too expensive to run every
few minutes ...

regards, tom lane

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