pgbench -i order of vacuum

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pgbench -i order of vacuum
Date: 2012-07-20 00:05:36
Message-ID: CAMkU=1y8-YpafmvQUChGqp85z+tXanGrMY37AHOcZoxgaW_vNQ@mail.gmail.com
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Is there a reason to vacuum the pgbench_* tables after the indexes on
them are built, rather than before?

Since the indexes are on fresh tables, they can't have anything that
needs to be cleaned.

I don't think the current order accomplishes anything, except to slow
down large initializations by ~25%.

The attached patch moves the vacuums up.

I also made -n skip the vacuums altogether. Since -n is allowed under
-i, it would be nice if it did something, and there is only one
intuitive thing for it to do. I don't know what the use case for is,
but I think I've heard grumbling about it before.

Cheers,

Jeff

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pgbench_vacuum_order_v1.patch application/octet-stream 2.7 KB

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