Re: Enabling autovacuum per table

On 10/15/18 11:01 AM, Rijo Roy wrote:
> Hello Experts,
> 
> Is there any possibility for autovacuum to work on a user table if we set
> Alter table sometable set (autovacuum_enabled = true) ; even if the 
> parameter autovacuum = off in Postgresql.conf
> 
> I am using Postgresql 10 on Linux 6.9.
> 
> According to me, it won't work without setting autovacuum = on except 
> for Template0 database. What is your opinion?

I think you are right, autovacuum won't vacuum and analyze a table 
without setting autovacuum = on. But PostgreSQL might want to force 
vacuum if a table is at risk of wraparound.

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