db_space

Campano, Troy wrote:

Is there a way to get the size of your PostgreSQL database using sql?
I need this for an inventory program.

No, not db size. You have to use 'du'. See the manual section
"Managing Disk Space" in the admin section.

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What does the contrib dbsize give you then?
Is that like some allocated size as apposed to used size?

thank you!