On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 06:55:13AM +0200, Brian Modra wrote: > I started a vacuum on the table yesterday, and its still running. I > guess thats because the table is live. I am pretty sure that if I take > it offline, then the vacuum will complete relatively quickly. Am I > right? (I don't want to take it offline unless I really need to.)
No. The vacuum on that table is going to take a long time, period. See upthread about not brushing teeth for 3 months. Anyway, I can't believe a plain vacuum is going to help you here. I'd perform CLUSTER or else dump the database and reload it. You're looking at a service outage, I think. A ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
