$ ls -al pgsqldb/pg_xlog total 32816 drwx------ 2 nitinverma root 4096 Jun 16 19:53 . drwx------ 6 nitinverma root 4096 Jun 16 19:33 .. -rw------- 1 nitinverma root 16777216 Jun 16 20:08 0000000000000001 -rw------- 1 nitinverma root 16777216 Jun 16 19:45 0000000000000002 Looks like if a WAL file is created even vacuum can't reclaim the space. Is that the root cause behind DB bloating with 7.3.2? -----Original Message----- From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 6:29 PM To: Nitin Verma Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] VACUUMing sometimes increasing database size / sometimes Nitin Verma wrote: >>> if your application depends on things that changed between 7.3 and 8.1. >> > Postgres tends to become more strict with every release, so >>> there are things you got away with in 7.3 which now cause an error >>> message. > > Do we have change lists where I can see all the changes between 7.3 and 8.1, > may be release by release? Try the manuals where there are version-by-version details of changes in the release-notes. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/release.html -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
