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From	Mark Rostron
Subject	management of pg-schemas: pg_temp_n and pg_toast_n ?
Date	September 18, 2010 18:41:33
Msg-id	FD020D3E50E7FA479567872E5F5F31E30459FB4D73@ex01.corp.ql2.com Whole thread Raw
Responses	Re: management of pg-schemas: pg_temp_n and pg_toast_n ? (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List	pgsql-admin

This is occurring In an 8.4.2 pg database, and I have noticed it in 8.3.10 as well.

We do a lot of work with temp tables here, and over time a lot of pg_temp_[n] schemas have appeared.

Similarly, we notice build-up of pg_toast_[n] schemas.

Is it ok to drop these if they contain no tables?

Or is there a way to prevent them from persisting past a given life-time??

From: Greg Smith
Date: 18 September 2010, 07:49:04
Subject: Re: files under pg_clog directories are missing

From: Tom Lane
Date: 18 September 2010, 18:50:15
Subject: Re: management of pg-schemas: pg_temp_n and pg_toast_n ?