Re: Re: reloption to prevent VACUUM from truncating empty pages atthe end of relation

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:19 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> As INDEX_CLEANUP option has been added by commit a96c41f, the new
> option for this feature could also accept zero or one boolean
> argument, that is SHRINK_TABLE [true|false] and true by default.
> Explicit options on VACUUM command overwrite options set by
> reloptions. And if the boolean argument is omitted the option depends
> on the reloptions.

Yes, I think that's how it should work, because that's how the other
option works, and there's no compelling reason to be consistent.

My preference is for "truncate" over "shrink".

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