Compiling pg_reorg with Advanced Server 8.4AS
pg_reorg is a utility which I had mentioned in my previous Blog. This utility can be use for : 1. Online Reorganising of Tables 2. Online VACUUM FULL (i.e removing bloats) (if table is having primary key) 3. Online Clustering of tables Since, in production environment, we cannot perform VACUUM FULL/CLUSTER, because it locks the table, therefore DBAs always need a way which they can use to perform maintenance activity without locking. So, I thought to use pg_reorg and compile it against Advanced Server. Advanced Server is a prebuilt binary, so we cannot compile any module or tool with it, without modifying the makefile. Following are some steps, if someone wants can try, to compile pg_reorg with Advanced Server. Donwload pg_reorg utility from following location: http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000411&release_id=1721 1. Execute pg_config of PPAS to find the gcc(location) which used to build binary of Advanced Server, as given below: pg_config |grep "CC =&quo