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From Nava Jyothi
Subject Re: [webmaster] How to commit/vacuum a batch of delete statements in a postgresql function
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Msg-id CAEX-0tQA_zigxyQCw-J88_ks65RM_83nu4GxEhH35+cG-Z+Q=A@mail.gmail.com
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Hi PostGresSQL Team

Could you advise us on how to commit records in a batch when one is doing batch wise deletion. I came across http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/60644bymua.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com, but use of vacuum is giving an error as follows from function.
********** Error **********

ERROR: VACUUM cannot be executed from a function or multi-command string
SQL state: 25001

My stored procedure is of the format:

Loop 
  exit when <some condition> DELETE from incoming_table where xyz='123'; VACUUM incoming_table; -- or commit;
End Loop;


I thank you for the help.
-Nava

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