sdandapani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Sriram Dandapani") writes: > Every night, a delete of about 50 million rows occurs on a table. Do > we need to explicitly vacuum the table or will autovacuum handle the > large deletes without affecting performance. I am trying to > determine whether or not I should completely rely on autovacuum or > also tinker with manual vacuums.:p> I'd be inclined to submit a vacuum on the table as part of the process. Moreover, I'd be inclined to consider this situation to perhaps be something of a bug. Deleting enormous amounts of data from a table, on a regular basis, is not something I would expect would work out well. -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc")) http://cbbrowne.com/info/postgresql.html We are MICROS~1. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. (Attributed to B.G., Gill Bates)