You can't delete from a full disk :)
No, really: database systems need space for logging, WAL, whatever.
And even with "delete" PostgreSQL will free no single byte, as deleting is done with marking the row as deleted. Read up on multi version concurrency why this has to be that way.
To reclaim space: vacuum freeze
So, to get space, you have to have space first. Delete something else.
Harald
On 7/20/06, surabhi.ahuja <surabhi.ahuja@iiitb.ac.in> wrote:i am using postgresql 8.0.0
my disk is 100% full
i have a database called x
i do the following
psql x
delete from table;
nothing happens
i try to see the top output
i see the following
1768 sdc 25 0 41860 32m 30m R 99.7 0.8 11:29.35 postmaster
i also saw this appearing
2525 root 16 0 7296 720 620 S 0.3 0.0 0:07.62 hald-addon-stor
its been almost half an hour
and the database is still in the same state. (all the rows still exist)
what is happening?
hasnt it started deleteing yet?
postgreslog dont say anything.
what can be done in such a case?
thanks,
regards
Surabhi
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