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

Marc G. Fournier <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>

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From: Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>
To: The Web Administrator <wwwadmin@wizard.ca>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@serv.net>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-07-24T11:28:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, The Web Administrator wrote:

> 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

	So, essentially, our VACUUM command provides functionality that
Oracle *doesn't* have, right?

Marc G. Fournier                                 marc.fournier@acadiau.ca
Systems Administrator, Acadia University

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