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Plain <command>VACUUM</command> (without <literal>FULL</>) simply reclaims |
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space and makes it |
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available for re-use. This form of the command can operate in parallel |
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with normal reading and writing of the table. <command>VACUUM |
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with normal reading and writing of the table, as an exclusive lock |
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is not obtained. <command>VACUUM |
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FULL</command> does more extensive processing, including moving of tuples |
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across blocks to try to compact the table to the minimum number of disk |
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blocks. This form is much slower and requires an exclusive lock on each |
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