Its 8.1 and I'm doing a Vacuum using the vacuumdb program.
Thanks Matt, might be time for an upgrade.
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:21:44 -0400
> From: matthew@zeut.net
> To: aklaver@comcast.net
> CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; redsmurfau@msn.com
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum Vs Vacuum Full
>
> Adrian Klaver wrote:
> > On Monday 04 August 2008 11:04:00 pm Robert Shaw wrote:
> >> "WARNING: database "mydb" must be vacuumed within 177009986 transactions
> >> HINT: To avoid a database shutdown, execute a full-database VACUUM in
> >> "mydb"."Which is reason I ask the question, is full vacuum backup useful
> >> for anything other than reclaiming disk space.
> >
> > Actually its not asking for a VACUUM FULL but a VACUUM of the full database,
> > instead of selected tables.
> >
> > See below for complete details
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-WRAPAROUND
>
>
> BTW, what version of PostgreSQL is this? Database-wide vacuum is no
> longer required for XID wraparound issues. I think this was an 8.3
> change but might have happened in 8.2, I don't remember.
>
> Matt
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