On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 11:02 +0800, Ridvan Lakas ng Bayan S. Baluyos
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I checked the file size of my database and it's 115GB. I already
> figured out which tables suck up all the space and I decided to delete
> all the entries in them. But still after emptying (DELETE FROM
> <tablename>), the file size still hasn't changed. I already tried to
> VACUUM the table. Also, even if there are already 0 records within the
> table that I emptied, when I query to that table it's so slow and then
> it just gives a 0 results.
>
> Is there anything that I missed out here? Like do I need to do some
> other cleanups within postgres(eg. cache, etc)?
>
>
> TIA for your replies. It would be very much appreciated.
>
>
> Ridvan
You might consider using truncate, if you're serious about removing
those rows. Otherwise, you could consider a vacuum full, and don't
forget to analyze afterwards.
-Mark
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