Thanks so much for the clarification. Azad
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com>wrote: > Azad Bolour wrote: > > Does the postgres implementation of btrees shrink the index if adjacent > > index tree nodes can be combined? > > No. Completely empty pages are collected as free space for later use, > but partially-empty pages are not merged. > > -- > Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services >