On Tuesday 26 July 2005 16:53, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:30:20PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > > I'd like to suggest altering the syntax of VACUUM so that it is possible > > to issue the command VACUUM DATABASE. The keyword DATABASE would be > > optional, to allow backward compatibility. > > Huh, so why not have an optional LAZY? > > I understand your concern against "VACUUM LAZY table", which is not > helpful -- so your advice would have to be rephrased as "issue a > database-wide lazy vacuum"
Simon, While I don't think I would advocate the term "vacuum lazy", istm that alvarro is on the right track. With your syntax, I would have figured there would have been a vacuum full database. The term database seems to differentiate between vacuuming the complete database from vacuuming tables, but what I think you're after is differntiating between FULL and "non-full/lazy" vacuums. Maybe you're after both? -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org