Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Richard Lynch <lynch(at)lscorp(dot)com>
Cc: Marc Fournier <marc(dot)fournier(at)acadiau(dot)ca>, The Web Administrator <wwwadmin(at)wizard(dot)ca>, Ken McGlothlen <mcglk(at)serv(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]
Date: 1998-07-24 18:27:50
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980724142639.1242A-100000@hub.org
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Richard Lynch wrote:

> At 8:28 AM 7/24/98, Marc Fournier wrote:
>
> > So, essentially, our VACUUM command provides functionality that
> >Oracle *doesn't* have, right?
>
> Yes, but yours doesn't run automatically.
>
> <NAIVE>
> Ideally, when one created a database, one could specify vacuum frequency
> and/or time slot, and PostgreSQL would just do it...
> </NAIVE>

That's actually a good thought. Once we have it so that table-space is
re-usable (ie. fill in the blanks), then going one step further and having
something similar to that to 'vacuum' out fragmentation would be most
cool...

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