Re: slow pgsql tables - need to vacuum? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Craig Ringer
Subject Re: slow pgsql tables - need to vacuum?
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Msg-id 47F90D1B.4000306@postnewspapers.com.au
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In response to Re: slow pgsql tables - need to vacuum?  ("Douglas McNaught" <doug@mcnaught.org>)
Responses Re: slow pgsql tables - need to vacuum?  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Douglas McNaught wrote:

> You need to ANALYZE the tables after you load them, and make sure you
> have indexes on the column you're querying (which it sounds like you
> do, but they're not being used because the statistics for the table
> are inaccurate).

I've seen discussion here that made it sound like a REINDEX might also
be required on tables with really high data churn (ie when VACUUM /
VACUUM FULL are run a lot) - if you're not dropping and re-creating the
indexes for better bulk load performance anyway, of course. Am I just
confused, or can this sometimes be necessary?

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Craig Ringer

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