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What to vacuum after deleting lots of tables

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Old 04-19-2008, 11:31 AM
Craig James
 
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Default What to vacuum after deleting lots of tables

If I delete a whole bunch of tables (like 10,000 tables), should I vacuum system tables, and if so, which ones? (This system is still on 8.1.4 and isn't running autovacuum).

Thanks,
Craig

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Old 04-19-2008, 11:31 AM
Tom Lane
 
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Default Re: What to vacuum after deleting lots of tables

Craig James <craig_james@emolecules.com> writes:
> If I delete a whole bunch of tables (like 10,000 tables), should I vacuum system tables, and if so, which ones? (This system is still on 8.1.4 and isn't running autovacuum).


"All of them" would do for a first approximation.

regards, tom lane

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