Re: More buffers used than a relation's relpages

On 2013-06-04 11:29:44 +0900, Amit Langote wrote:
> In what cases can a relation use more buffers (in shared memory) than
> its pg_class.relpages?

relpages is primarily updated by (auto-)vacuum, (auto-)analyze, so it
frequently lags behind reality in a growing relation. Why do you need an
exact value?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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