> To make that happen would require (at least) a full table scan. I think > most people are more interested in DROP COLUMN being a cheap operation > than in having the space be reclaimed quickly.
> For a comparison point: large field values that don't happen to get > toasted don't vanish immediately, either. I agree DROP COLUMN should be cheap and I don't really expect it to happend immediately, but shouldn't VACUUM FULL clean it up? Wojtek Strzalka -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs