On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:05:07 -0700 (MST) pinker <pinker@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > So there are no longer any dead rows being left behind, right? > > > > Why are we still discussing this? Do you have some other question? > > There are no dead rows, but postgres still cannot reuse the space because of > 3043947 nonremovable row versions .. > > INFO: vacuuming "my_table" > INFO: "my_table": found 0 removable, 3043947 nonremovable row versions in > 37580 pages > DETAIL: 0 dead row versions cannot be removed yet. > CPU 2.67s/1.59u sec elapsed 7.71 sec. > Query returned successfully with no result in 8319 ms. Given your weird description of the "snapshot" I wouldn't be surprised if that instance of PostgreSQL had subtle corruption. pg_dump that database, re-init it and reload the dump. Then recreate the situation and see if the rows are sill nonremovable. I bet you $5.34 that everything works fine after that, which would indicate that the folks who made the snapshot didn't do it correctly. -- Bill Moran -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general