Re: Database size - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Database size
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Msg-id 20070615045806.GA14492@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Database size  (choksi <choksi.dhaval@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-performance
am  Fri, dem 08.06.2007, um  1:22:14 -0700 mailte choksi folgendes:
> Hi all,
>
> I had a database which uses to hold some 50 Mill records and disk
> space used was 103 GB. I deleted around 34 Mill records but still the
> disk size is same. Can some on please shed some light on this.

DELETE only mark rows as deleted, if you need the space you need a
VACUUM FULL.

Read more: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-vacuum.html


Andreas
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