On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
On 8/8/09 10:50 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> writes:
Is there any reason we didn't move the pg_freespace function from
contrib to core?
Is there a reason we *should* move it? The current definition
doesn't
leave me feeling that it's more than a low-level hacker's tool.
No specific reason. I was just wondering because I saw an old
message
about it. Maybe we just don't need it.
Given that the FSM is now auto-managing, is there any reason to have
this tool at all?
Seems like it should get killed off.
I believe it's useful when dealing with very bloated relations. If
someone's looking for an itch to scratch, ways to more effectively
shrink bloated relations would be good.
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