"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In a nutshell, my idea is to use the normal transactional/XID code to > relocate tuples in the heap. Think of doing an UPDATE field=field if you > could tell update what page to put the new tuple on. Using this > mechanism, you can move tuples from the end of the heap to pages that > have free space on them. The dead tuples at the end of the heap could > then be vacuumed conventionally, and completely empty pages removed by > that vacuum.
How exactly is this different from what happens now, assuming that you didn't run out of FSM? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend