Re: Checking a size of a given database

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> adey wrote:
>> I found the following script useful; for calculating database size:-
>
> select pg_database_size?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-admin.html

That works great for 8.1+ but I believe the OP wants to do it with 8.0.1.
If so, he'll have to install the dbsize contrib module to do it for the 8.0.1
DB.

>>     I have been given a task to try a proof of concept of migrating are
>>     active databases from PostgreSQL 8.0.1 to 8.2.3
>>
>>     I will install and configPostgreSQL on my local w/s and replicate
>>     the database users etc etc.
>>
>>     I have had a look inside /var/lib/pgsql/data/base and there are
>>     numerous  files (db's) which I believe is where I can check data
>>     base size.
>>
>>     1  108012  114465  122407  1261267  1261963  17229  17233  17234  17235
>> 174066  19247  205009  21272  2793694  2794334  333245  333375
>>
>>     I am aware that Postgresql creates directories to keep each database
>>     in.
>>     These directories aren't names,they are kept as the *'OID's *of each
>>     database (oid's are*"object identifiers"*).
>>
>>     Previously I just run pg_dump and thus run ls -lh on the db dump.
>>     Anyway
>>     of checking a  size of a given database I have tried
>>     the sql using select pg_database_size ('dbaname'); but no joy.
>>

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