Commit d6a18f45 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Mention that HOT helps with DELETE space reuse.

parent 7b618017
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<para>
Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate space reuse for
most <command>UPDATE</>s
most <command>UPDATE</>s and <command>DELETE</>s
</para>
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<para>
Heap-Only Tuples (<acronym>HOT</>) accelerate space reuse for most
<command>UPDATE</>s (Pavan Deolasee, with ideas from many others)
<command>UPDATE</>s and <command>DELETE</>s (Pavan Deolasee, with
ideas from many others)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -744,7 +745,7 @@ current_date &lt; 2017-11-17
behind, as do failed <command>INSERT</>s. Previously only
<command>VACUUM</> could reclaim space taken by dead tuples. With
<acronym>HOT</> dead tuple space can be reclaimed at the time of
<command>UPDATE</> or <command>INSERT</> if no changes are made to
<command>INSERT</> or <command>UPDATE</> if no changes are made to
indexed columns. This allows for more consistent performance.
Also, <acronym>HOT</> avoids adding duplicate index entries.
</para>
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