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From: "Chris Hoover" <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: free space map
Date: 2006-06-20 14:44:42
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Is there anyway to query the free space map and see how many entries there
are for a specific table?

We are starting to have some performance issues since our upgrade to
8.1(running
8.1.3). However I can vacuum one table and the issues are temporarily
solved. I am trying to do some research and would like to know what the fsm
looks like before and after I vacuum this table.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Chris
RH 4
PG 8.1.3


From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: free space map
Date: 2006-06-20 15:09:46
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Chris Hoover wrote:
> Is there anyway to query the free space map and see how many entries there
> are for a specific table?
>
> We are starting to have some performance issues since our upgrade to
> 8.1(running
> 8.1.3). However I can vacuum one table and the issues are temporarily
> solved. I am trying to do some research and would like to know what the fsm
> looks like before and after I vacuum this table.

In CVS HEAD there is a pg_freespacemap contrib module that may do what
you need. You'd have to "backport" it to 8.1 though; it doesn't compile
as-is.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support


From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: free space map
Date: 2006-06-20 15:32:57
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> In CVS HEAD there is a pg_freespacemap contrib module that may do what
> you need. You'd have to "backport" it to 8.1 though; it doesn't compile
> as-is.

Looking at the CVS history, I think the main point is that freespace.c
did not formerly expose its internal data structures; the patch moved a
lot of declarations into freespace.h so that the contrib code could get
at them. You'd need to modify the 8.1 sources, but not by much.

regards, tom lane