Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Looking at the autovacuum log output,
> >>
> >>> 2007-11-13 09:21:19.830 PST 9458 LOG: automatic vacuum of table
> >>> "specdb.public.txn_log_table": index scans: 1
> >>> pages: 11 removed, 105 remain
> >>> tuples: 3147 removed, 40 remain
> >>> system usage: CPU 0.11s/0.09u sec elapsed 6.02 sec
> >>
> >> it seems like a serious omission that this gives you no hint how many
> >> pages were scanned.
> >
> > Isn't it pages removed + remain? 116 in this case.
>
> How do 40 tuples take 105 pages?
The first 65 pages could be empty.
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