db size and tables size difference

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Isabella Ghiurea <isabella.ghiurea@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> writes:
> > The issue may be   with pg_size_pretty()  results, I don't have details
> > knowledge of this function.
>
> I doubt it, that's a pretty simple function ... but if you don't trust
> it, just remove the pg_size_pretty call and look directly at the output
> of the size functions.
>
Hi Tom,
pg_tablespace_size() function shows same size as tables size SQL
statements close to 6.5 GB , here is output for the  bigest tablespace
select pg_tablespace_size('caom_data');
 pg_tablespace_size
--------------------
         6218108932
select pg_tablespace_size('caom_index');
 pg_tablespace_size
--------------------
          837201924
select pg_tablespace_size('tap_data');
 pg_tablespace_size
--------------------
              65689

select pg_database_size('cvodb');
 pg_database_size
------------------
      13279260268
How can I get more details of  how pg_database_size()  is been executed ?
>
>
> > select pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('db1'));
>
> Just to double check here ... you're sure you're naming the correct
> database in this call?
>
yes
Thank you
Isabella
>
>                         regards, tom lane
>


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