Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As VACUUM is not something that can be rolled back, could we not make it > run completely outside transactions.
No, because it has to be able to hold a table-level lock on the target table. Besides, where did you get the idea that it can't be rolled back? The VACUUM FULL case, at least, has to go through huge pushups to be sure it is rollback-safe. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster