Oops! c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornelia Boenigk) was seen spray-painting on a wall: > Hi all > > If I have a running transaction in database1 and try to vacuum > database2 but the dead tuples in database2 cannot be removed. > > INFO: vacuuming "public.dummy1" > INFO: "dummy1": found 0 removable, 140000 nonremovable row versions > in 1341 pages > DETAIL: 135000 dead row versions cannot be removed yet. > > How can I achieve that database2 is vacuumed while a transaction in > database1 is not yet commited? You can't, unless you're on 8.1, and the not-yet-committed transaction is VACUUM. You have discovered a known factor, that a transaction left open on one database may have adverse effects on another database. -- (format nil "~S@~S" "cbbrowne" "acm.org") http://linuxdatabases.info/info/rdbms.html Signs of a Klingon Programmer #4: "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!"
