Re: how do I clear a page, or set an item in a page to - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: how do I clear a page, or set an item in a page to
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Msg-id 1431.1111435229@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: how do I clear a page, or set an item in a page to  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> writes:
> ahh, ok.  I just know I'm much more nervous about zeroing stuff by hand
> than letting the backend do it for me.

Well, I certainly hope Eric is gonna save aside a copy of the file
(if not the whole database) before he hacks it ;-)

BTW, I missed the point about REINDEX.  Yeah, that's probably a good
idea to get rid of any index entries pointing at the removed rows.

            regards, tom lane

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