Re: pg_autovacuum entries

From: Anj Adu <fotographs(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Igor Polishchuk <ipolishchuk(at)hi5(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_autovacuum entries
Date: 2009-11-01 16:41:10
Message-ID: f2fd819a0911010841g6c24808dp9a02a1263bee8781@mail.gmail.com
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My goal is to reset the XID wraparound counter by performing vacuumdb
(autovacuum is not an option for my for various reasons)

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Igor Polishchuk <ipolishchuk(at)hi5(dot)com> wrote:
> Alvaro,
> Why don't you just create a sql script  with a separate vacuum command for
> each table you need to vacuum?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org on behalf of Anj Adu
> Sent: Sun 11/1/2009 8:03 AM
> To: Alvaro Herrera
> Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] pg_autovacuum entries
>
> Does vacuumdb read pg_autovacuum ?
>
> If not, can I specify multiple comma-separated tables to pass as
> arguments to vacuumdb ?  The list of tables that need to be vacuumed
> is a constant and hence easier to manage the vacuuming process.
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> Anj Adu escribió:
>>
>>> Is there a way to create an entry for a table that does not exist yet?
>>
>> No, you will have to have "INSERT INTO pg_autovacuum" statements
>> alongside your table creation.  I don't see that this is a lot of
>> trouble though, you can simply do
>>
>> CREATE TABLE whatever ( ... );
>> INSERT INTO pg_autovacuum VALUES ('whatever'::regclass, false, -1, -1,
>> ...);
>>
>> --
>> Alvaro Herrera
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>> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
>>
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