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From Steinar H. Gunderson
Subject Re: When to vacuum a table?
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Msg-id 20061126131147.GA4089@uio.no
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In response to Re: When to vacuum a table?  ("Marcelo Costa" <marcelojscosta@gmail.com>)
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On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:43:11AM -0300, Marcelo Costa wrote:
> All its tables constantly manipulated (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) they need a
> VACUUM

Just a minor clarification here: INSERT does not create dead rows, only
UPDATE and DELETE do. Thus, if you only insert rows, you do not need to
vacuum (although you probably need to analyze).

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