From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:35:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Improve lazy vacuum wording. X-Git-Tag: REL8_2_BETA1~1800 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=823702be9d5e92392e2ff4d026aac4704000aed4;p=postgresql Improve lazy vacuum wording. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml index a3800c6082..5dfbd58b6c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.52 2005/12/07 05:35:53 momj just VACUUM, marks expired data in tables and indexes for future reuse; it does not attempt to reclaim the space used by this expired data unless the space is - at the end of the table and an exclusive lock can be obtained easily - on the table. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does + at the end of the table and an exclusive table lock can be easily + obtained. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does not result in the file being shortened and space returned to the operating system. This variant of VACUUM can be run concurrently with normal database operations.