Re: VACUUM FULL out of memory

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:53 -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> Note that you should almost never use VACUUM FULL unless you've really
> messed things up.  I understand from the thread that you're just testing
> things out right now.  But VACUUM FULL is not something you should _ever_
> need in production, if you've set things up correctly.

Then why does it exist? Is it a historical leftover? If it is
only needed for emergency, should it not have a different name?
Just curious..

Holger