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Re: automated row deletion


  • From: 纪晓曦 <sheepjxx(at)gmail(dot)com>
  • To: Dave Huber <DHuber(at)letourneautechnologies(dot)com>
  • Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: automated row deletion
  • Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:17:57 +1000
  • Message-id: <37a11ce00909300817u2ca1bb5ka40e8422d4bc38b2@mail.gmail.com> <text/plain>

I think there no better way you can get around this problem. You need to
check the disk periodically and it is not to hard.

2009/10/1 Dave Huber <DHuber(at)letourneautechnologies(dot)com>

>  I am inserting 250 rows of data (~2kbytes/row) every 5 seconds into a
> table (the primary key is a big serial). I need to be able to limit the size
> of the table to prevent filling up the disk. Is there a way to setup the
> table to do this automatically or do I have to periodically figure out how
> many rows are in the table and delete the oldest rows manually?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
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