Hi , I have version of PostgreSQL as given below:--- version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 8.1.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) And it does't have any n_dead_tup columns in pg_stat_all_tables like this: mydb=# \d pg_stat_all_tables View "pg_catalog.pg_stat_all_tables" Column | Type | Modifiers ---------------+--------+----------- relid | oid | schemaname | name | relname | name | seq_scan | bigint | seq_tup_read | bigint | idx_scan | bigint | idx_tup_fetch | bigint | n_tup_ins | bigint | n_tup_upd | bigint | n_tup_del | bigint | In what situations table creates a new row instead of using deleted marked tuples that's why size of table increases abnormally. On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Jaime Casanova <jaime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Tomas Vondra <tv@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 5 Srpen 2011, 10:52, Vivekkumar Pandey wrote: >> >>> Also suggest the Query that can view the dead tuples in the table. >> >> You can't see the dead tuples with a query - that's why they're called >> dead. > > you can see an estimate of how many dead tuples are looking at the > n_dead_tup in pg_stat_all_tables > > -- > Jaime Casanova www.2ndQuadrant.com > Professional PostgreSQL: Soporte 24x7 y capacitación > -- Thanks VIVEK KUMAR PANDEY -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general