Adjustment patch applied. Thanks.
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >From http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/maintenance.html:
>
> "The first form, known as "lazy vacuum" or just VACUUM, marks expired
> data in tables and indexes for future reuse; it does not attempt to
> reclaim the space used by this expired data immediately. Therefore, the
> table file is not shortened, and any unused space in the file is not
> returned to the operating system."
>
> This isn't completely accurate, though I'm not sure what a good wording
> would be. Maybe:
>
> "The first form, known as "lazy vacuum" or just VACUUM, marks expired
> data in tables and indexes for future reuse. It only reclaims expired
> space from tables if it is at the end of the table, and no empty space
> is reclaimed from indexes."
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command. The first form, known as <quote>lazy vacuum</quote> or
just <command>VACUUM</command>, marks expired data in tables and
indexes for future reuse; it does <emphasis>not</emphasis> attempt
! to reclaim the space used by this expired data
! immediately. Therefore, the table file is not shortened, and any
! unused space in the file is not returned to the operating
! system. This variant of <command>VACUUM</command> can be run
! concurrently with normal database operations.
</para>
<para>
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command. The first form, known as <quote>lazy vacuum</quote> or
just <command>VACUUM</command>, marks expired data in tables and
indexes for future reuse; it does <emphasis>not</emphasis> attempt
! to reclaim the space used by this expired data unless the space is
! at the end of the table and an exclusive lock can be obtained easily
! on the table. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does
! not result in the file being shortened and space returned to the
! operating system. This variant of <command>VACUUM</command> can be
! run concurrently with normal database operations.
</para>
<para>
