Re: effects of cancelling a vacuum full

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:17, Anjan Dave wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just had to cancel one VACUUM FULL (of a 4.3m row table) that someone ran in business hours. It was after an hour
orso that I realized, and it was blocking queries, running out of connections, so I cancelled it. Are there any bad
sideeffects of cancelling an ongoing full vacuum of a table or a database? Does a partial full vacuum give back any
space?
>

No damage done.
No space returned.
Just wait and run it again later.
Tell your used to do a vacuum regular during business hours or you'll
have to give him a stern talking to.