Re: transactoin id wraparound problem - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: transactoin id wraparound problem
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Msg-id 20060907024750.GN14024@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: transactoin id wraparound problem  ("Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com>)
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Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> Hi
> I have several such databases to issue vacuum on. If I were to vacuum
> each table individually, would the transaction id be updated after every
> table vacuum.

No, you must issue database-wide vacuums.  Single-table vacuums, even if
done to each and every table, do not suffice.

> Wonder if it is because I have several large partitioned tables that I
> drop every day that don't get vacuumed enough.

The best time of the day to do the vacuum would be just after one such
partition was dropped, one would think.

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