Re: sequence indexes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Vince Vielhaber
Subject Re: sequence indexes
Date
Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.40.0201251559100.47994-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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In response to Re: sequence indexes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> writes:
> > A bit much diskspace for that, isn't it?   The data turns over alot.
>
> Yeah, this is one of the scenarios where we desperately need index
> compaction.  The index pages holding the lower serial numbers are
> no doubt empty or nearly so, but there's no mechanism for reclaiming
> that space short of rebuilding the index.  (BTW you might consider
> REINDEX instead of a manual drop/recreate.)

I'm guessing reindex wasn't in 6.5.3. :(


Vince.
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