On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 10:21 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Hannu Krosing <ha...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 21:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> VACUUM FULL CONCURRENTLY is a contradiction in terms. Wishing it were > >> possible doesn't make it so. > > > It depends on what do you mean by "VACUUM FULL" > > Anything that moves tuples is not acceptable as a hidden background > operation,
I did not mean VACUUM FULL to be run as a hidden background operation. just as something that does not need everything else to be shut down. > because it will break applications that depend on CTID. Do you know of any such applications out in the wild ? > The utility Heikki is talking about is something that DBAs would > invoke explicitly, presumably with an understanding of the side effects. Like VACUUM FULL ? -- Hannu Krosing http://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Scalability and Availability Services, Consulting and Training -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
