Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron Johnson
Subject Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL
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In response to Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br> writes:
> But wouldn't it be good that VACUUM FULL uses that index defined by
> Cluster, if it exists ?

No ... what would be the difference then?
 
What the VACUUM docs "should" do, it seems, is suggest CLUSTER on the PK, if the PK is a sequence (whether that be an actual sequence, or a timestamp or something else that grows monotonically).

That's because the data is already roughly in PK order.

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