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Re: Is it ever necessary to vacuum a table that only gets inserts/updates?

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Craig Ringer <ringerc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Nov 17, 2011 1:32 PM, "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If it's purely an insert-only table, such as a logging table, then in
>> principle you only need periodic ANALYZEs and not any VACUUMs.

> Won't a VACUUM FREEZE (or autovac equivalent) be necessary eventually, to
> handle xid wraparound?

Sure, but if he's continually adding new rows, I don't see much point in
launching extra freeze operations.

			regards, tom lane

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