Re: Autovacuum Improvements

Erik Jones wrote:
> Matthew O'Connor wrote:
>> Glen Parker wrote:
>>> If it isn't there somewhere already, I would ask to add:
>>> Expose a very easy way to discover autovacuum's opinion about a
>>> particular table, for example "table_needs_vacuum(oid)", ignoring any
>>> time constraints that may be in place.
>>
>> This might be a nice feature however in the presence of the much
>> talked about but not yet developed maintenance window concept, I'm not
>> sure how this should work. That is, during business hours the table
>> doesn't need vacuuming, but it will when the evening maintenance
>> window opens up.
>
> Well, what he's saying is, "Not taking into account any time/maintenance
> windows, does this table need vacuuming?"

Correct. IOW, "does it need it?", not "would you actually do it at this
time?"...

-Glen