SELECT count(*) AS columnar_table_count FROM cstore.cstore_data_files \gset CREATE TABLE t(a int, b int) USING cstore_tableam; SELECT count(*) FROM cstore.cstore_stripes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t'; INSERT INTO t SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(1, 10) i; INSERT INTO t SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(11, 20) i; INSERT INTO t SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(21, 30) i; SELECT sum(a), sum(b) FROM t; SELECT count(*) FROM cstore.cstore_stripes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t'; -- vacuum full should merge stripes together VACUUM FULL t; SELECT sum(a), sum(b) FROM t; SELECT count(*) FROM cstore.cstore_stripes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t'; -- test the case when all data cannot fit into a single stripe SET cstore.stripe_row_count TO 1000; INSERT INTO t SELECT i, 2 * i FROM generate_series(1,2500) i; SELECT sum(a), sum(b) FROM t; SELECT count(*) FROM cstore.cstore_stripes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t'; VACUUM FULL t; SELECT sum(a), sum(b) FROM t; SELECT count(*) FROM cstore.cstore_stripes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t'; -- VACUUM FULL doesn't reclaim dropped columns, but converts them to NULLs ALTER TABLE t DROP COLUMN a; SELECT stripe, attr, block, minimum_value IS NULL, maximum_value IS NULL FROM cstore.cstore_skipnodes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t' ORDER BY 1, 2, 3; VACUUM FULL t; SELECT stripe, attr, block, minimum_value IS NULL, maximum_value IS NULL FROM cstore.cstore_skipnodes a, pg_class b WHERE a.relfilenode=b.relfilenode AND b.relname='t' ORDER BY 1, 2, 3; -- Make sure we cleaned-up the transient table metadata after VACUUM FULL commands SELECT count(*) - :columnar_table_count FROM cstore.cstore_data_files; -- do this in a transaction so concurrent autovacuum doesn't interfere with results BEGIN; SAVEPOINT s1; SELECT count(*) FROM t; SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t')); INSERT INTO t SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 10000) i; SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t')); SELECT count(*) FROM t; ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s1; -- not truncated by VACUUM or autovacuum yet (being in transaction ensures this), -- so relation size should be same as before. SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t')); COMMIT; -- vacuum should truncate the relation to the usable space VACUUM VERBOSE t; SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('t')); SELECT count(*) FROM t; -- add some stripes with different compression types and create some gaps, -- then vacuum to print stats BEGIN; SET cstore.block_row_count TO 1000; SET cstore.stripe_row_count TO 2000; SET cstore.compression TO "pglz"; SAVEPOINT s1; INSERT INTO t SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i; ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s1; INSERT INTO t SELECT i / 5 FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i; SET cstore.compression TO "none"; SAVEPOINT s2; INSERT INTO t SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i; ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT s2; INSERT INTO t SELECT i / 5 FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i; COMMIT; VACUUM VERBOSE t; SELECT count(*) FROM t; -- check that we report blocks with data for dropped columns ALTER TABLE t ADD COLUMN c int; INSERT INTO t SELECT 1, i / 5 FROM generate_series(1, 1500) i; ALTER TABLE t DROP COLUMN c; VACUUM VERBOSE t; -- vacuum full should remove blocks for dropped columns -- note that, a block will be stored in non-compressed for if compression -- doesn't reduce its size. SET cstore.compression TO "pglz"; VACUUM FULL t; VACUUM VERBOSE t; DROP TABLE t; -- Make sure we cleaned the metadata for t too SELECT count(*) - :columnar_table_count FROM cstore.cstore_data_files;