Greg Smith <gsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Not exactly. What it said was "To avoid a database shutdown, execute a > full-database VACUUM". In that context, "full" means you vacuum > everything in the database, but only regular VACUUM is needed. VACUUM > FULL, as you learned the hard way, is a more intensive operation, and it's > not needed to resolve the problem you started with. It's a somewhat > unfortunately worded HINT. Maybe we could rephrase it as "whole-database VACUUM"? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general