On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 21:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> > What we need is VACUUM FULL CONCURRENTLY and REINDEX CONCURRENTLY.
>
> VACUUM FULL CONCURRENTLY is a contradiction in terms. Wishing it were
> possible doesn't make it so.
It depends on what do you mean by "VACUUM FULL"
if VACUUM FULL is just something that works on a table ends up with
(mostly) compacted one, then doing this CONCURRENTLY should not be
impossible.
If you mean the current version of VACUUM FULL, then this is impossible
indeed.
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