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table size is not changed

From
AI Rumman
Date:
I deleted 70000 rows from a table and then execute
vacuum analyze <table>.
 
But table size not yet changed.
 
I am using Postgresql 8.1.
 
Could anyone please tell me what the problem is?

Re: table size is not changed

From
Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
Date:
try reindexing table.

Re: table size is not changed

From
Scott Marlowe
Date:
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:43 AM, AI Rumman <rummandba@gmail.com> wrote:
> I deleted 70000 rows from a table and then execute
> vacuum analyze <table>.
>
> But table size not yet changed.
>
> I am using Postgresql 8.1.
>
> Could anyone please tell me what the problem is?


http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/maintenance.html#VACUUM-FOR-SPACE-RECOVERY

explains it pretty well.