On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Chris Barnes <compuguruchrisbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Because both truncate and delete, I would think that this action would be > put into the pg_log as a log file that can be rolled back. And, when > complete, it would be shipped to the standby to be processed? > > To reduce this logging, shipping and processing would it be smarter to have > the tables dropped and recreated? Truncate will generate about the same amount of log data as dropping and creating the table. Delete will generate quite a bit more, but still much less than 31G. It will also leave you needing to vacuum and reindex more often. -- greg -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general