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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/html/pgfreespacemap.html b/doc/src/sgml/html/pgfreespacemap.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72483cc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/html/pgfreespacemap.html @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>F.29. pg_freespacemap</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="pgcrypto.html" title="F.28. pgcrypto" /><link rel="next" href="pgprewarm.html" title="F.30. pg_prewarm" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">F.29. pg_freespacemap</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgcrypto.html" title="F.28. pgcrypto">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. 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Author</a></span></dt></dl></div><a id="id-1.11.7.38.2" class="indexterm"></a><p> + The <code class="filename">pg_freespacemap</code> module provides a means for examining the + <a class="link" href="storage-fsm.html" title="73.3. Free Space Map">free space map</a> (<acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym>). + It provides a function called <code class="function">pg_freespace</code>, or two + overloaded functions, to be precise. The functions show the value recorded in + the free space map for a given page, or for all pages in the relation. + </p><p> + By default use is restricted to superusers and roles with privileges of the + <code class="literal">pg_stat_scan_tables</code> role. Access may be granted to others + using <code class="command">GRANT</code>. + </p><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.7.38.5"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.29.1. Functions</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"> + <code class="function">pg_freespace(rel regclass IN, blkno bigint IN) returns int2</code> + <a id="id-1.11.7.38.5.2.1.1.2" class="indexterm"></a> + </span></dt><dd><p> + Returns the amount of free space on the page of the relation, specified + by <code class="literal">blkno</code>, according to the <acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym>. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> + <code class="function">pg_freespace(rel regclass IN, blkno OUT bigint, avail OUT int2)</code> + </span></dt><dd><p> + Displays the amount of free space on each page of the relation, + according to the <acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym>. A set of + <code class="literal">(blkno bigint, avail int2)</code> + tuples is returned, one tuple for each page in the relation. + </p></dd></dl></div><p> + The values stored in the free space map are not exact. They're rounded + to precision of 1/256th of <code class="symbol">BLCKSZ</code> (32 bytes with default <code class="symbol">BLCKSZ</code>), and + they're not kept fully up-to-date as tuples are inserted and updated. + </p><p> + For indexes, what is tracked is entirely-unused pages, rather than free + space within pages. Therefore, the values are not meaningful, just + whether a page is full or empty. + </p></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.7.38.6"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.29.2. Sample Output</h3></div></div></div><pre class="screen"> +postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_freespace('foo'); + blkno | avail +-------+------- + 0 | 0 + 1 | 0 + 2 | 0 + 3 | 32 + 4 | 704 + 5 | 704 + 6 | 704 + 7 | 1216 + 8 | 704 + 9 | 704 + 10 | 704 + 11 | 704 + 12 | 704 + 13 | 704 + 14 | 704 + 15 | 704 + 16 | 704 + 17 | 704 + 18 | 704 + 19 | 3648 +(20 rows) + +postgres=# SELECT * FROM pg_freespace('foo', 7); + pg_freespace +-------------- + 1216 +(1 row) +</pre></div><div class="sect2" id="id-1.11.7.38.7"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.29.3. Author</h3></div></div></div><p> + Original version by Mark Kirkwood <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:markir@paradise.net.nz">markir@paradise.net.nz</a>></code>. + Rewritten in version 8.4 to suit new <acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym> implementation + by Heikki Linnakangas <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:heikki@enterprisedb.com">heikki@enterprisedb.com</a>></code> + </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgcrypto.html" title="F.28. pgcrypto">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. 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