Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> So, some data:
> corp=# select * from public.pgstattuple('idx__listings_features');
> -[ RECORD 1 ]------+---------
> table_len | 54190080
> tuple_count | 7786
> tuple_len | 2117792
> tuple_percent | 3.91
> dead_tuple_count | 0
> dead_tuple_len | 0
> dead_tuple_percent | 0
> free_space | 49297536
> free_percent | 90.97
> ^^^^^^^^^
> Well, that explains the bloating. Why all that free space, though?
> Maybe autovac isn't running?
No, because you have under 10% dead tuples in the main table.
I think this is sufficient proof of the crummy-page-splits theory.
Can you provide the data in the column that's indexed?
regards, tom lane
