Re: pg_class has 3615 rows and 1010Mb in table size - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pg_class has 3615 rows and 1010Mb in table size
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Msg-id 1273097574-sup-412@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: pg_class has 3615 rows and 1010Mb in table size  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Excerpts from Joshua D. Drake's message of mié may 05 15:37:05 -0400 2010:
> On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 09:40 -0700, Nikola wrote:
>
> > I looked at the pg_class table and noticed that its size is 1010Mb and
> > index size is 1137Mb, while the table itself has only 3615 rows in it.
> > I tried vacuuming it, but that did not change anything. Is there
> > anything I can do to get this table back to the size it is supposed to
> > be at?
> >
> > PostgreSQL 8.2.6 on Windows 2003 Server.
>
> vacuum full, its an exclusive lock though.

Note though that there being such few tuples, it should be rather quick.

> I don't recall if 8.2 autovacuum would vacuum system catalogs or not.

Eh, of course it would.
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