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author | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org> | 2016-07-19 16:25:53 -0500 |
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committer | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org> | 2016-07-19 16:25:53 -0500 |
commit | 1c15aac53f3421fd38ae145118d3204f055ba955 (patch) | |
tree | 9e8c992c305397eec8a77ba7c90928e8abe00d49 /doc/src | |
parent | b11e9bbc41d1906360f1fbaab133118e703de75a (diff) |
Add comment & docs about no vacuum truncation with sto.
Omission noted by Andres Freund.
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 4e8c982dd59..c9e0ec2c021 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2092,6 +2092,15 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' </para> <para> + When this feature is enabled, freed space at the end of a relation + cannot be released to the operating system, since that could remove + information needed to detect the <literal>snapshot too old</> + condition. All space allocated to a relation remains associated with + that relation for reuse only within that relation unless explicitly + freed (for example, with <command>VACUUM FULL</>). + </para> + + <para> This setting does not attempt to guarantee that an error will be generated under any particular circumstances. In fact, if the correct results can be generated from (for example) a cursor which |