In http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/routine-vacuuming.html it says:
"The age column measures the number of transactions from the cutoff XID to the current transaction's XID. Immediately after a VACUUM, age(relfrozenxid) should be a little more than the vacuum_freeze_min_age setting that was used (more by the number of transactions started since the VACUUM started). " However my results don't seem to bear that out: postgres=# show vacuum_freeze_min_age; vacuum_freeze_min_age ----------------------- 100000000 (1 row) postgres=# VACUUM ; VACUUM postgres=# select min (age(relfrozenxid)) from pg_class where relkind = 'r'; min -------- 253045 (1 row) -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq