On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:32:12 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Jeff <threshar@torgo.978.org> writes:
> > [ pg_clog not getting truncated ]
>
> pg_clog is truncated on the basis of the oldest completely vacuumed
> database in your installation. Most likely your maintenance script
> is failing to vacuum some database(s) (template1, perhaps?) and/or
> is doing table-by-table vacuums rather than an unqualified VACUUM.
>
> I doubt this explains any performance problems though. Old pg_clog
> segments don't do anything except sit there.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
thanks, that did it - I hadn't been vacuuming a rarely used db we have
tossed on there too.
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