Enhancement request

["Campbell, Lance" <lance(at)uiuc(dot)edu>]

Could you please add to your to do list a schema parameter for vacuum?

 

Example:

 

VACUUM SCHEMA xyz;

 

PostgreSQL would get a list of all of the tables found in the schema.  It would then loop through vacuuming each table in the schema.

 

I found today that I did not have max_fsm_pages set high enough in order to vacuum the entire database.  I vacuum daily to avoid problems.  After realizing that I cannot vacuum the entire database now, I then had to do it at the table level.  I had to go through all 13 of my schemas and list each table I found into an SQL vacuum script.  This was a real waist of time.  I will eventually restart PostgreSQL with an increased value for max_fsm_pages so this will not be an issue. 

 

But until then I will have to run a new script.  I created a script with 420 SQL vacuum statements at the table level.  I would have preferred to create 13 vacuum SQL statements at the schema level.

 

Thanks for considering this enhancement,

 

Lance Campbell

Project Manager/Software Architect

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