From: "Christopher Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > > I agree, specifying per table thresholds would be good in autovacuum.. > > Which begs the question of what the future direction is for pg_autovacuum.
This is a good question. > There would be some merit to having pg_autovacuum throw in some tables > in which to store persistent information As long as pg_autovacuum is either a contrib module, or not integrated into the backend, we can't do this. I don't think we should require that tables are added to your database in order to run pg_autovacuum, I have thought that a "helper table" could be used, this table, if found by pg_autovacuum would use it for per table defaults, exclusion list etc.... That way pg_autovacuum can run without a polluted database, or can be tuned. If pg_autovacuum in made official, moves out of contrib and becomes a core tool, then we can either add columns to some system catalogs to track this information or add a new system table. > All well and interesting stuff that could be worth implementing. > > But the usual talk has been about ultimately integrating the > functionality into the backend, making it fairly futile to enhance > pg_autovacuum terribly much. > > Unfortunately, the "integrate into the backend" thing has long seemed > "just around the corner." I think we should either: > a) Decide to enhance pg_autovacuum, or > b) Not. I have been talking about "integraging it into the backend" for a while, and I used to think it was "just around the corner" unfortunately, work schedule and my C skills have prevented me from getting anything useful working. If you would like to work on it, I would help as much as possible. I chose to leave pg_autovacuum simple and not add too many features because the core team has said that it needs to be integrated into the backend before it can be considered a core tool. ps, please cc me as I'm not subscribed to the list. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
