Re: PostgreSQL 9.6 Temporary files

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Jimmy Augustine <jimmy(dot)augustine(at)enyx(dot)fr>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 9.6 Temporary files
Date: 2018-03-19 16:45:51
Message-ID: 8348151d-96a8-c693-8dc1-21dcfb3e587e@aklaver.com
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On 03/19/2018 09:31 AM, Jimmy Augustine wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> I am newbie to postgresql.
> I have 162 GB on my database but when I check size of all tables, I
> approximately obtain 80 GB.
> I also see that I have 68GB of temporary files however I only found
> 2.4MB at postgres/data/base/pgsql_tmp.

Exactly how did you determine this?

>
> Could you tell me what are those temporary files and where are they at?
> Can I delete some of them?
>
> All values come from pgAdmin 4 and checked by my own SQL
> queries(postgresql-9.6).

Can you show actual queries used?

> I already run vacuum full and there is few dead tuples.
>
> Best regards,
> Jimmy AUGUSTINE

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