On 2023-01-05 12:34:08 +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > Von: "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pg...@hjp.at> > > On 2023-01-04 09:34:42 -0600, Ron wrote: > > > I don't think VACUUM FULL (copy the table, create new indices and other > > > metadata all in one command) actually vacuums tables. It's a misleading > > > name. > > > > Move all the stuff from the living room to the bedroom and then jettison > > the living room. > > > > Isn't that how you normally vacuum your living room? > > Well, yeah, I wouldn't expect the table to be *copied*. After all, there's > not that much use for more than one per living room.
Well, you won't have the old table anymore if you leave it in the living
room.
On a more serious note: It it pretty much impossible to move anything
inside a computer. To move something you have to
* copy it and then delete (overwrite) the original, or
* leave it where it is and refer to it from a different location (which
typically means copying and deleting the reference)
hp
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