Re: Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum and Transactions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum and Transactions
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Msg-id 29021.994533318@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum and Transactions  (Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my>)
Responses RE: Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum and Transactions  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my> writes:
> Would 7.2 maintain performance when updating a row repeatedly (update,
> commit)?

You'll still need to VACUUM to get rid of the obsoleted versions of the
row.  The point of the planned 7.2 changes is to make VACUUM cheap and
nonintrusive enough so that you can run it frequently on tables that are
seeing continual updates.
        regards, tom lane


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