[ADMIN] management of pg-schemas: pg_temp_n and pg_toast_n ?

2010-09-18 Thread Mark Rostron
This is occurring In an 8.4.2 pg database, and I have noticed it in 8.3.10 as well. We do a lot of work with temp tables here, and over time a lot of pg_temp_[n] schemas have appeared. Similarly, we notice build-up of pg_toast_[n] schemas. Is it ok to drop these if they contain no tables? Or is

Re: [ADMIN] management of pg-schemas: pg_temp_n and pg_toast_n ?

2010-09-18 Thread Tom Lane
Mark Rostron mrost...@ql2.com writes: We do a lot of work with temp tables here, and over time a lot of pg_temp_[n] schemas have appeared. Similarly, we notice build-up of pg_toast_[n] schemas. This is expected. There'll be one for each backend slot that's ever used any temp tables. Is it