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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Diskspace
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Msg-id 27476.1103572420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Diskspace  (Jeff MacDonald <bignose@gmail.com>)
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Jeff MacDonald <bignose@gmail.com> writes:
> well, i did a "delete from email_log" and then a vacuum and the files
> are still lingering around...

TRUNCATE would be better.  A VACUUM FULL would shrink the tables all
right, but probably not do much for the indexes.

            regards, tom lane

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