Subject AW: [firebird-support] VACUUM
Author Steffen Heil
Hi

> > Hi, is there a way to vacuum or reorganise tables?
> Reclaiming unused spaced is done automatically by the "Garbage
collection". This is the same thing that "VACUUM" on an PostgreSQL database
does perform.
> > The only way I know of doing it is to do a backup restore?
> If you intend to give unused space back to the operating system an
Backup/Restore is the only way to do so.

However, to clear that (what Elmar implied), is that this unused space will
be reused automagically.
There is no such beast like "defrag" in firebird.

Regards,
Steffen


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