Re: psql 8.1.9 autovacuum safe?

On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 09:27 -0700, Irene Barg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are running postgresql-8.1.9 and plan to upgrade to 8.2 or even 8.3
> but can't just yet. I need to run analyze periodically (like hourly),
> but before I write a script to loop through the tables in each schema
> and  run analyze, I thought I would try autovacuum. I say one post that
> said there was a bug with autovacuum in 8.1.x?
>
> Is autovacuum under 8.1.9 safe or should I wait until I upgrade?

There was a serious issue in 8.1.4 that, in certain situations, would
make VACUUM and AUTOVACUUM totally inefective.

But, afaik, it's fixed since 8.1.6.

joao


> Thanks in advance.
> -- irene
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