Re: Question on vacuum output - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Question on vacuum output
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Msg-id 20060620210828.GH26882@surnet.cl
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In response to Question on vacuum output  ("Chris Hoover" <revoohc@gmail.com>)
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Chris Hoover wrote:
> I am having some performance issues on some of my larger databases
> (50-100+GB).  I just ran a vacuum analyze on our key table, and saw this at
> the end.
>
> DETAIL:  562499 dead row versions cannot be removed yet.

Is there an open, idle transaction on this database?  A leftover psql
session running in a forgotten, detached screen session maybe?

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