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- .TH VACUUM SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
- .SH NAME
- vacuum - vacuum a database
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- fBvacuum [verbose] [analyze] [fPtablefB]fP
- fBvacuum [verbose] analyze [fPtable [(column,...)]fB]fP
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .BR Vacuum
- is the Postgres vacuum cleaner. It opens every class in the database,
- cleans out records from rolled back transactions, and updates statistics in the
- system catalogs. The statistics maintained include the number of
- tuples and number of pages stored in all classes. Running
- .BR vacuum
- periodically will increase Postgres's speed in processing user queries.
- .PP
- fBverbosefP prints a detailed vacuum activity report for each table.
- .PP
- fBanalyzefP also updates column statistics used by the optimizer to
- determine the most efficient way to execute a query.
- The statistics represent the disbursion of the data in each column.
- This information is valuable when several execution paths are possible.
- .PP
- The open database is the one that is vacuumed.
- .PP
- We recommend that production databases be vacuumed nightly, in order
- to keep statistics relatively current. The
- .BR vacuum
- query may be executed at any time, however. In particular, after
- copying a large class into Postgres or deleting a large number of
- records, it may be a good idea to issue a
- .BR vacuum
- query. This will update the system catalogs with the results of all
- recent changes, and allow the Postgres query optimizer to make better
- choices in planning user queries.
- .PP
- If the server crashes during a vacuum command, chances are it will leave
- a lock file hanging around. Attempts to re-run the vacuum command
- result in an error message about the creation of a lock file. If you
- are sure vacuum is not running, remove the pg_vlock file in your
- database directory(i.e. data/base/dbname/pg_vlock).