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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/contrib/vacuumlo/Attic/README,v 1.1 1999/04/10 16:48:04 peter Exp $
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This is a simple utility that will remove any orphaned large objects out of a
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PostgreSQL database.
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Compiling
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Simply run make. A single executable "vacuumlo" is created.
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Useage
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------
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vacuumlo [-v] database [db2 ... dbn]
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The -v flag outputs some progress messages to stdout.
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Method
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------
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First, it builds a temporary table which contains all of the oid's of the
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large objects in that database.
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It then scans through any columns in the database that are of type 'oid', and
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removes any entries from the temporary table.
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Finally, it runs through the first table, and removes from the second table, any
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oid's it finds. What is left are the orphans, and these are removed.
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I decided to place this in contrib as it needs further testing, but hopefully,
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this (or a variant of it) would make it into the backed as a "vacuum lo" command
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in a later release.
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Peter Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>
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http://www.retep.org.uk
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March 21 1999
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Committed April 10 1999 Peter
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