Re: Big index sizes

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Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Laszlo Nagy a écrit :
>> We have serveral table where the index size is much bigger than the
>> table size.
>> ...
>> Vacuuming a table does not rebuild the indexes, am I right?

> Neither VACUUM nor VACUUM FULL rebuild the indexes. CLUSTER and REINDEX do.

In fact, VACUUM FULL tends to make indexes *more* bloated not less so.
One fairly likely explanation for how you got into this situation is
overeager use of VACUUM FULL.

			regards, tom lane

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