From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:21:12 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Fix documentation reference to maximum allowed for autovacuum_freeze_max_age. X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_10~5 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=17ddb7d65b49422a6b6bc153896b4e2350dbda75;p=postgresql Fix documentation reference to maximum allowed for autovacuum_freeze_max_age. The documentation mentioned setting autovacuum_freeze_max_age to "its maximum allowed value of a little less than two billion". This led to a post asking about the exact maximum allowed value, which is precisely two billion, not "a little less". Based on question by Radovan Jablonovsky. Backpatch to 8.3. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml index caf968ad06..d7ca37c5f3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml @@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ will take more space, because it must store the commit status of all transactions back to the <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> horizon. The commit status uses two bits per transaction, so if - <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> is set to its maximum allowed value of - a little less than two billion, <filename>pg_clog</> can be expected to + <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> is set to its maximum allowed + value of two billion, <filename>pg_clog</> can be expected to grow to about half a gigabyte. If this is trivial compared to your total database size, setting <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> to its maximum allowed value is recommended. Otherwise, set it depending