Обсуждение: how to clean dropped column in pg_attribute
Hi, everyone
I found dropped columns still exist in pg_attribute table. In the below example I drop c2 column and vacuum (full) this
tableand pg_attribute, it still exist (the last row). how can I clean it away?
postgres=# select * from pg_attribute where attrelid=16515;
attrelid | attname | atttypid | attstattarget | attlen | attnum | attndims | attcacheoff |
atttypmod| attbyval | attstorage | attalign | attnotnull | atthasdef | attisdropped | attislocal | attinhcount
----------+------------------------------+----------+---------------+--------+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+----------+------------+----------+------------+-----------+--------------+------------+-------------
16515 | c1 | 23 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | f | f | f | t | 0
16515 | c3 | 23 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | f | f | f | t | 0
16515 | ctid | 27 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
-1| f | p | s | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | xmin | 28 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | cmin | 29 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | xmax | 28 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | cmax | 29 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | tableoid | 26 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | gp_segment_id | 23 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | t | f | f | t | 0
16515 | c4 | 16 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | c | f | f | f | t | 0
16515 | ........pg.dropped.2........ | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
-1| t | p | i | f | f | t | t | 0
(11 rows)
On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 05:38:24PM +0800, ZongtianHou wrote: > I found dropped columns still exist in pg_attribute table. In the > below example I drop c2 column and vacuum (full) this table and > pg_attribute, it still exist (the last row). how can I clean it away? Unfortunately only by copying the table aside, and then renaming new table. But - the dropped attribute will not sure any disk space, as long as you ran some vacuums. Best regards, depesz
Ok, thanks for this info Best regards, Zongtian > On Sep 8, 2020, at 5:49 PM, hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 05:38:24PM +0800, ZongtianHou wrote: >> I found dropped columns still exist in pg_attribute table. In the >> below example I drop c2 column and vacuum (full) this table and >> pg_attribute, it still exist (the last row). how can I clean it away? > > Unfortunately only by copying the table aside, and then renaming new > table. > > But - the dropped attribute will not sure any disk space, as long as you > ran some vacuums. > > Best regards, > > depesz >