Re: Why is vacuum_freeze_min_age 100m?

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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Yeah, I know, but feel like I'm being a bit naughty in using VACUUM
> FREEZE -- the documentation says:
 
> | Selects aggressive "freezing" of tuples. Specifying FREEZE is
> | equivalent to performing VACUUM with the vacuum_freeze_min_age
> | parameter set to zero. The FREEZE option is deprecated and will be
> | removed in a future release; set the parameter instead.
 
> So I figure that since it is deprecated, at some point I'll be setting
> the vacuum_freeze_min_age option rather than leaving it at the default
> and using VACUUM FREEZE in the nightly maintenance run.

I might be mistaken, but I think the reason we're planning to remove the
option is mainly so we can get rid of FREEZE as a semi-reserved keyword.
The GUC isn't going anywhere.

Anyway, the bottom line is what you said: fooling with this setting
seems like something that's only needed by advanced users.

			regards, tom lane

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