Re: PostgreSQL 9.6 Temporary files

Hi,

I used this command and I found the same value in total_size column.

2018-03-19 18:01 GMT+01:00 Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>:

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> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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>> On 03/19/2018 09:31 AM, Jimmy Augustine wrote:
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>>> Dear Friends,
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>>> 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.
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>> Exactly how did you determine this?
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>>> Could you tell me what are those temporary files and where are they at?
>>> Can I delete some of them?
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>>> All values come from pgAdmin 4 and checked by my own SQL
>>> queries(postgresql-9.6).
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>> Can you show actual queries used?
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>> I already run vacuum full and there is few dead tuples.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jimmy AUGUSTINE
>>>
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>> --
>> Adrian Klaver
>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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>> > 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.
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> *I am not sure what your query was that deteremined table and index sizes,
> but try using the query instead.*
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> *Note that total_size is the size of the table and all it's indexes.*
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> *SELECT n.nspname as schema, c.relname as table, a.rolname as
> owner, c.relfilenode as filename, c.reltuples::bigint,
> pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(quote_ident(n.nspname) || '.' ||
> quote_ident(c.relname) )) as size,
> pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(n.nspname) || '.' ||
> quote_ident(c.relname) )) as total_size,
> pg_relation_size(quote_ident(n.nspname) || '.' || quote_ident(c.relname) )
> as size_bytes, pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(n.nspname) || '.'
> || quote_ident(c.relname) ) as total_size_bytes, CASE WHEN
> c.reltablespace = 0 THEN 'pg_default' ELSE (SELECT
> t.spcname FROM pg_tablespace t WHERE (t.oid =
> c.reltablespace) ) END as tablespaceFROM
> pg_class c JOIN pg_namespace n ON (n.oid = c.relnamespace) JOIN pg_authid
> a ON ( a.oid = c.relowner ) WHERE quote_ident(nspname) NOT LIKE 'pg_%'
> AND quote_ident(relname) NOT LIKE 'pg_%' AND quote_ident(relname) NOT
> LIKE 'information%' AND quote_ident(relname) NOT LIKE 'sql_%' AND
> quote_ident(relkind) IN ('r')ORDER BY total_size_bytes DESC, 1, 2;-- *
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> *Melvin DavidsonMaj. Database & Exploration SpecialistUniverse Exploration
> Command – UXCEmployment by invitation only!*
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