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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml index b2fa6febc49..9ced267bced 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.14 2002/06/13 05:15:22 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.15 2002/06/22 04:08:07 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="maintenance"> @@ -367,6 +367,25 @@ VACUUM </sect1> + <sect1 id="routine-reindex"> + <title>Routine Reindexing</title> + + <indexterm zone="routine-reindex"> + <primary>reindex</primary> + </indexterm> + + <para> + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is unable to reuse index pages + in some cases. The problem is that if indexed rows are deleted, those + indexes pages can only be reused by rows with similar values. In + cases where low indexed rows are deleted and newly inserted rows have + high values, disk space used by the index will grow indefinately, even + if <command>VACUUM</> is run frequently. + TO BE COMPLETED 2002-06-22 bjm + </para> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="logfile-maintenance"> <title>Log File Maintenance</title> |