Re: Index bloat problem in 7.4

On 22-Sep-06, at 3:58 AM, Markus Schaber wrote:

> Hi, Alvaro,
>
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
>>>> I am aware that more recent versions > 8.x have fixed this  
>>>> problem, I
>>>> checked the 7.4 release notes but can't see if any of the fixes  
>>>> made it
>>>> into 7.4.
>>> Usually, only critical data loss and security fixes are put into the
>>> minor updates (e. G. 7.4.0 to 7.4.13). So, if it's not in the  
>>> release
>>> notes, it is unlikely that it dit make it into the 7.4 releases.
>> Except it was solved in 7.4:
>>
>> Allow B-tree index compaction and empty page reuse (Tom)
>
> Yes, you're right, the change is listed on
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/release-7-4.html
>
> So, as it _is_ in the release notes, this does not render my statement
> wrong, but pointless :-)

My understanding is that further work was done to address this in  
later versions as well.

My client is experiencing index bloat in 7.4.x.

Dave
>
> Thanks for your correction,
> Markus
> -- 
> Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG
> Dipl. Inf.     | Software Development GIS
>
> Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org
> www.nosoftwarepatents.org
>