Re: huge pg_toast_<OID>_index files?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dirk Lutzebaeck <lutzeb(at)aeccom(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: huge pg_toast_<OID>_index files?
Date: 2003-09-18 04:05:07
Message-ID: 8329.1063857907@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dirk Lutzebaeck <lutzeb(at)aeccom(dot)com> writes:
> I observe huge files (200Mb-1GB) in the database base dir which belong
> to pg_toast_<OID>_index relations.

Not too surprising...

> I tried to vacuum full the corresponding user table, reindex this
> table or even drop the indexes to no avail.

REINDEX should have worked; please define "to no avail".

regards, tom lane

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