Re: [Proposal] Allow users to specify multiple tables in VACUUM commands

Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>

From: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
To: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Cc: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2017-09-05T03:24:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> In get_rel_oids() we often switch the memory context to vac_context
> and switch back. As a result almost code in get_rel_oids() is working
> in vac_context. Maybe we can switch memory context before and after
> the calling get_rel_oids?

I thought about that as well, and it seemed to me that the current
patch approach is less bug-prone for the future if get_rel_oids() gets
called in some future code paths.
-- 
Michael


Commits

  1. Allow multiple tables to be specified in one VACUUM or ANALYZE command.

  2. Give a better error for duplicate entries in VACUUM/ANALYZE column list.

  3. Reject ANALYZE commands during VACUUM FULL or another ANALYZE.