Re: Eliminating VACUUM FULL WAS: remove flatfiles.c

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > I'm confused.  Are you saying that pg_class will never get bloated, so
> > we don't need a way to debloat it?  I realize that with HOT bloat is
> > much less of a problem than it used to be, but surely it's not
> > altogether impossible...
>
> Well, it's certainly *possible*, I'm just questioning the assertion that
> it's necessarily a common situation.

Depends on your definition of common. It is very easy for someone to
blow away their vacuum settings in such a way that it will become
bloated pretty quick.

Joshua D. Drake


>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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