Re: Checking a size of a given database - Mailing list pgsql-admin

adey wrote:
> I found the following script useful; for calculating database size:-

select pg_database_size?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-admin.html

>
> -- Query returns size of a database calculated from the no. 8k pages
> allocated to tables
> SELECT
>  sum( relpages*8/1024 ) as MB
> FROM
>  pg_class
> WHERE
> -- relname != ''
> -- relname = 'tablename'
>  relnamespace = '2200'
>
>
> On 4/17/07, *Chuck Amadi* <chuck.amadi@rokcorp.com
> <mailto:chuck.amadi@rokcorp.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have been given a task to try a proof of concept of migrating are
>     active databases from PostgreSQL 8.0.1 to 8.2.3
>
>     I will install and configPostgreSQL on my local w/s and replicate
>     the database users etc etc.
>
>     I have had a look inside /var/lib/pgsql/data/base and there are
>     numerous  files (db's) which I believe is where I can check data
>     base size.
>
>     1  108012  114465  122407  1261267  1261963  17229  17233  17234  17235  174066  19247  205009  21272  2793694
2794334 333245  333375 
>
>     I am aware that Postgresql creates directories to keep each database
>     in.
>     These directories aren't names,they are kept as the *'OID's *of each
>     database (oid's are*"object identifiers"*).
>
>     Previously I just run pg_dump and thus run ls -lh on the db dump.
>     Anyway
>     of checking a  size of a given database I have tried
>     the sql using select pg_database_size ('dbaname'); but no joy.
>
>     Cheers
>     Chuck
>
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>     Chuck Amadi
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