Re: Autovacuum / full vacuum

Mindaugas <mind@bi.lt>

From: "Mindaugas" <mind@bi.lt>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-01-18T15:50:49Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
> >> Even a database-wide vacuum does not take locks on more than one table.
> >> The table locks are acquired and released one by one, as the operation
> >> proceeds.
> 
> > Has that changed recently?  I have always seen "vacuumdb" or SQL
> > "VACUUM" (without table specifications) running as one long
> > transaction which doesn't release the locks that it is granted until
> > the end of the transaction.
> 
> You sure?  It's not supposed to, and watching a database-wide vacuum
> with "select * from pg_locks" doesn't look to me like it ever has locks
> on more than one table (plus the table's indexes and toast table).

  Are there some plans to remove vacuum altogether?

  Mindaugas