Re: pg_attribute always grow... - Mailing list pgsql-general

Is there any plan in the near future to change this ?

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 5:42 PM
To: Patrick FICHE
Cc: PostgreSQL - General (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_attribute always grow...



Sorry, real and temporary tables are going to have the same problems.

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Patrick Fiche wrote:
> Will the same occur if I create real tables instead of temporary tables as
> for most of them, there is no concurrent access and no need to have the
same
> table in two different connexions...
> What's the real performance difference between a temporary table and other
> tables...
>
> Thanks
>
> Patrick Fiche
> email : patrick.fiche@aqsacom.com
> t?l : 01 69 29 36 18
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:58 PM
> To: Patrick FICHE
> Cc: PostgreSQL - General (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_attribute always grow...
>
>
> Patrick Fiche wrote:
> > Is there any reason why pg_attribute could always grow ( size in
> > relpages... ) even if number of tuples don't grow...
> > The indexes pg_attribute_relid_attnam_index and
> > pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index grow and I don't see any way to vacuum
> them
> > without restarting postgres with -O and -P options and launching REINDEX
> > command.
> > Could it be due to the fact that I create and drop many temporary tables
> in
> > stored procedures ?
>
> Yes, it could very well be that.  I am quite embarassed by our need to
> reindex.
>
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