"Hiroshi Inoue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's no command other than VACUUM which continues to
> access table/index after *commit*. We couldn't process
> significant procedures in such an already commiitted state,
> could we ? 

Why not?  The intermediate state *is valid*.  We just haven't
removed no-longer-referenced index and TOAST entries yet.

> What's wrong with vacuuming master and the toast table in
> separate transactions ?

You'd have to give up the lock on the master table if there were
a true commit.  I don't want to do that ... especially not when
I don't believe there is a problem to fix.

                        regards, tom lane

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