---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joey K. <pguser@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...) To: Zdeněk Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@sun.com>
Please let us know your meaning,
thanks Zdenek Kotala
1) What type of names do you prefer? -------------------------------
a) old notation - createdb, createuser ... b) new one with pg_ prefix - pg_createdb, pg_creteuser ... c) new one with pg prefix - pgcreatedb, pgcreateuser ... d) remove them - psql is the solution e) remove them - pgadmin is the solution
[b]
2) How often do you use these tools? -----------------------------------
a) every day (e.g. in my cron) b) one per week c) one time d) never
[a] In cron from commandline. in shell scripts
3) What name of initdb do you prefer? ---------- --------------------------
a) initdb b) pg_initdb c) pg_init d) pg_ctl -d <dir> init (replace initdb with pg_ctl new functionality) e) What is initdb? My start/stop script does it automatically.
[c]
4) How do you perform VACUUM? -----------------------------
a) vacuumdb - shell command b) VACUUM - SQL command c) autovacuum d) What is vacuum?
[a], [b] and [c] Depending on the situation. For example ifcustomers complain, we manually do cia SQL.
If this is a consistent problem, we usr cron for vacuumdb.
If the database is not too loaded and supports autovacuum, we also have autovacuum enabled.
