i waited like 11 hours and it doesn't finish, where is the FSM setting
postgreSQL.conf?

On 8/30/05, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 08:38:03 -0400,
> jose fuenmayor <jafn82@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i am using postgreSql 8.0.3 i've try vacuum "vacuum full" the hole
> database
> > but it takes too long, seems it will never be finished, i've tried
> "vacuum
> > <table_name>" and the table remains nearly the same as isee i my PGDATA
> > directory. is this normal? . is there something i can do ?
>
> Have you tried VACUUM FULL on just that table?
>
> It may be that your FSM setting isn't high enough to remove all of the
> dead tuples with a normal vacuum.
>
> How long did you wait when you tried to vacuum full the whole database?
>

Another option is to use the CLUSTER command on the big table. If that
> table is mostly dead tuples, cluster may run faster than vacuum full.
>