On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 09:09 +0200, Luca Ferrari wrote: > I'm just curious to know why after a drop table the disk file is emptied but > still existent. What is the reason why the file is not deleted immediately? To avoid various problems the files are removed after the next checkpoint. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general