On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 13:51 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > > Huh? Vacuum doesn't block writes. > > regards, tom lane >
Of course, you are correct. I was thinking of Vacuum full, which is recommended for use when you're deleting the majority of rows in a table. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-vacuum.html -Mark -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance