I understand that 9.0 will have a new implementation of VACUUM FULL that follows a rewrite strategy like CLUSTER or ALTER TABLE. What differences will remain between VACUUM FULL and a no-op ALTER TABLE that rewrites? Will there remain situations in which to prefer the latter, or will it essentially boil down to two different spellings of the same request? CREATE TABLE t (x int); VACUUM FULL t; -- versus ALTER TABLE t ALTER x TYPE int; Thanks, nm -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general