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Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

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From: The Web Administrator <wwwadmin@wizard.ca>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@serv.net>, marc.fournier@acadiau.ca, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-07-24T04:22:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 

The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Ken McGlothlen wrote:
>
> > Does Oracle even have a vacuum?  There's the COELESCE command, but it's hardly
> > *necessary*.
>

Nope.. Oracle has a background process which re-allocates free space..It does get
fragmented, and the only real way to unfrag is to export (dump) and import.No Vacuum,
at least on 7.3.2

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