>Does that suggest there is an open transaction? No, it simply means there are zero/no dead rows that can be removed at that time. Please refer to the documentation on VACUUM, specifically 24.1.2. Recovering Disk Space <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/routine-vacuuming.html>
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/routine-vacuuming.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/routine-vacuuming.html> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Rob Sargent <rsarg...@xmission.com> wrote: > CAVEAT: I may have another version of this email bouncing around, sorry. > > Running PG10.0 on Centos 7.4 > > I thought the current database was quiescent so I’m curious about the line > isolated below with “0 dead row" > Does that suggest there is an open transaction? > > vacuum (analyse, verbose) sui.segmentset_member; > INFO: vacuuming "sui.segmentset_member" > INFO: index "id_ordinal" now contains 20577332 row versions in 152802 > pages > DETAIL: 0 index row versions were removed. > 8264 index pages have been deleted, 8264 are currently reusable. > CPU: user: 0.27 s, system: 1.31 s, elapsed: 13.29 s. > INFO: index "segmentset_member_segment_id_idx" now contains 20577332 row > versions in 105291 pages > DETAIL: 0 index row versions were removed. > 0 index pages have been deleted, 0 are currently reusable. > CPU: user: 0.21 s, system: 0.93 s, elapsed: 7.02 s. > INFO: "segmentset_member": found 0 removable, 16256972 nonremovable row > versions in 135475 out of 171478 pages > > DETAIL: 0 dead row versions cannot be removed yet, oldest xmin: 2761 > > There were 0 unused item pointers. > Skipped 0 pages due to buffer pins, 0 frozen pages. > 0 pages are entirely empty. > CPU: user: 2.59 s, system: 4.37 s, elapsed: 41.46 s. > INFO: analyzing "sui.segmentset_member" > INFO: "segmentset_member": scanned 30000 of 171478 pages, containing > 3599972 live rows and 0 dead rows; 30000 rows in sample, 20540396 estimated > total rows > VACUUM > Time: 54948.217 ms > -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.