In response to "Gábor Farkas" <gabor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > > Gábor Farkas wrote: > >> > >> if i do a full vacuum to that table only, will the database still serve > >> data from the other tables at a normal speed? > > > > Yes. The extra I/O load vacuum full generates while it's running might > > disrupt other activity, though. > > > > i see. > > will i achieve the same thing by simply dropping that table and > re-creating it? Yes. Once you've done so, keep up the vacuum schedule you've already established. You may want to (as has already been suggested) explicitly vacuum this table after large delete operations as well. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ wmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 412-422-3463x4023 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
