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- .SP VACUUM COMMANDS 8/11/91
- .XA 2 Vacuum
- .uh NAME
- .lp
- vacuum \*- vacuum a database
- .uh SYNOPSIS
- .lp
- .(l
- \fBvacuum\fP
- .)l
- .uh DESCRIPTION
- .lp
- .b Vacuum
- is the \*(PP vacuum cleaner.
- It opens every class in the database,
- moves deleted records to the archive for archived relations,
- cleans out records from aborted transactions,
- and updates statistics in the system catalogs.
- The statistics maintained include the number of tuples
- and number of pages stored in all classes.
- Running
- .b vacuum
- periodically will increase \*(PP' speed in processing
- user queries.
- .lp
- The open database is the one that is
- vacuumed.
- This is a new \*(PQ command in Version \*(PV;
- earlier versions of \*(PP had a separate program for vacuuming
- databases.
- That program has been replaced by the
- .b vacuum
- shell script;
- see
- .b vacuum (unix)
- for details.
- .lp
- We recommend that production databases be vacuumed nightly,
- in order to keep statistics relatively current.
- The
- .b vacuum
- query may be executed at any time, however.
- In particular, after copying a large class into \*(PP or deleting a large
- number of records, it may be a good idea to issue a
- .b vacuum
- query.
- This will update the system catalogs with the results of all recent
- changes, and allow the \*(PP query optimizer to make better choices in
- planning user queries.
- .uh "SEE ALSO"
- .lp
- vacuum(unix).
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