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+<!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. Additional Supplied Modules">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgprewarm.html" title="F.30. pg_prewarm">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="PGFREESPACEMAP"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">F.29. pg_freespacemap</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pgfreespacemap.html#id-1.11.7.38.5">F.29.1. Functions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pgfreespacemap.html#id-1.11.7.38.6">F.29.2. Sample Output</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pgfreespacemap.html#id-1.11.7.38.7">F.29.3. 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">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:markir@paradise.net.nz">markir@paradise.net.nz</a>&gt;</code>.
+ Rewritten in version 8.4 to suit new <acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym> implementation
+ by Heikki Linnakangas <code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:heikki@enterprisedb.com">heikki@enterprisedb.com</a>&gt;</code>
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