On May 31, 12:11 am, t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Lane) wrote: > Gino.Bari...@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > Other than the fact that no space may need to be reclaimed is anyone > > aware of any circumstance - e.g. use of numeric data types - where a > > full vacuum will simply not reclaim space? > > There are several corner cases where the code will abandon shrinking. > What are you concerned about exactly? > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq After a recent training course we have discovered that certain settings may have prevented the full vacuum from doing the job requested. I.e. our configuration was well out of whack. Did want to say thanks to all for the feedback and I will connect again of the problem persists.