"wenjing wu" <wuwj@umich.edu> writes:
> Now , I am trying to vacuum the database companion in the standalone model:
> root@head02 /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log# su - postgres
> -bash-3.00$ postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
This is defaulting to connecting to database postgres ...
> WARNING: database "companion" must be vacuumed within 4294599306 transactions
> HINT: To avoid a database shutdown, execute a full-database VACUUM in "companion".
... which is not the one you need to vacuum.
> backend> vacuum full
Use a plain vacuum --- vacuum full is uselessly expensive.
regards, tom lane
