Re: Contrib reindex script:

Jason Earl <jason.earl@simplot.com>

From: Jason Earl <jason.earl@simplot.com>
To: Shaun Thomas <sthomas@townnews.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL general list <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-05-07T18:45:44Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Shaun Thomas <sthomas@townnews.com> writes:

> I modeled this after the vacuumdb script that is distributed in the 
> postgresql-base distribution.  It can reindex a whole database, specific 
> tables, or just a single index.  Being as we've had so much trouble with 
> things growing out of control, and the group seems to have tracked it 
> down to indexes, here it is.
> 
> I don't understand why we have a vacuumdb script, but not a reindex 
> script, considering the fact that vacuum doesn't clean up indexes.
> 
> Anyway, I didn't bother to comment it, I just copied vacuumdb and 
> changed relevant parts.  It's not pretty, but it works.  Maybe later 
> I'll produce one that doesn't look like it was coughed up by a robot.

Hey thanks, I was just wondering if such a thing were available.

How has your migration to 7.2?  Are you still have problems with the
database growing out of control?

Jason