Re: [GENERAL] Time Travel - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Time Travel
Date
Msg-id 199807121539.LAA02807@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Time Travel  (Andy <a_widodo@natrindo.co.id>)
List pgsql-general
> We use Prostgres 6.3.2 for our production system, but the Postgres
> tables is growing when the data updated (time travel?). Could any one
> help me to stop this time travel problem, since it make our system slow,
> and data corrputed frequently, our table size is about 150 MB (after
> vacuum), and 210 MB (before vacuum). The table is updated about 100
> thousands time per day, and we do the daily vacuum for the table.

I have talked to Vadim about auto-reusing superceeded rows.  It is on
the todo list.  Currently, only vacuum removes old rows.

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