Reindex doesn't eliminate bloat

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2018-03-12T22:05:03Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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According to this (https://pastebin.com/TJB32n5M) query, which I thought I 
got from https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Index_Maintenance, a list of 
indexes and their bloat is generated.

After reindexing a table with a large amount of reported bloat (column 
bloat_pct says 29%), re-running the query shows no change in the amount of 
bloat.  This is a historical table, and VACUUM VERBOSE shows that there's 
nothing to free up.

Is this something that I must live with, or am I misinterpreting the query?

Thanks,

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