Re: Recording vacuum/analyze/dump times

I agree 100%. 


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From: "Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>
To: jim@contactbda.com
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Sent: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:15:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Recording vacuum/analyze/dump times

> Right, once autovacuum is integrated, then I think vacuum and analyze 
> should update the autovacuum table this way autovacuum won't redundantly 
> vacuum tables that were just vacuumed manually.
> 
> Jim Buttafuoco wrote:
> 
> >But what happens if I go in and manually vacuum a table (either because I just deleted a bunch of records or 
whatever).
> > This is why I think the backend should record the date in pg_class.  
> >
> >
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> >From: "Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>
> >To: jim@contactbda.com
> >Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> >Sent: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:56:04 -0500
> >Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Recording vacuum/analyze/dump times
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Jim Buttafuoco wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Its there a reason postgresql doesn't record vacuum/analyze and dump times in pg_class (or another table).  This 
seems
> >>>like it would be a very helpful feature.
> >>>
> >>>for pg_dump I would add an option --record=YES|NO 
> >>>for vacuum and analyze I would add a NORECORD|RECORD option
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>For what it's worth, integrated pg_autovacuum will have something like 
> >>this.  At least my initial design does, since the autovacuum daemon 
> >>needs to know remember when the last time a table was vacuumed.
> >>    
> >>
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