Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL v7.2b2 Released

On Mié 07 Nov 2001 20:43, you wrote:
> Good evening ...
>
>     Back on October 25th, 2001, the PostgreSQL Global Development
> Group quietly released Beta1 of PostgreSQL v7.2, in order to get the first
> round of packaging and testing of our upcoming release in motion.
>
>     Today, almost two weeks later and with few major bugs reported, we
> are please to announce our second Beta for broader testing.
>
>     v7.2 of PostgreSQL includes over 6 months of development since we
> released v7.1 back in April, 2001, and, as with all our releases, contains
> more improvements, enhancements and bug fixes then one would put into an
> email.
>
>     Major highlights for this release include:
>
>         VACUUM -  VACUUM no longer locks tables, allowing normal user
> access during the VACUUM.  A new VACUUM FULL command does old-style
> vacuum by locking the table and shrinking the on-disk copy of the table.

What does VACUUM do if it doesn´t shrink the size of the database?

Saludos... :-)

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