Re: 7.3.1 takes long time to vacuum table?

Hi Tom,

> I suspect that what we really want here is a completely different
> algorithm (viz copy into a new file, like CLUSTER) when the initial
scan
> reveals that there's more than X percent of free space in the file.

Yes! Sorry Tom, I missed the detail of this the first time around.
However from the figures here it would need to be a very small
percentage of free space, perhaps only upto 10-15% where the existing
vacuum would be a better method. Hope they were useful to you.


Cheers,

Mark.

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