On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 14:45 -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > On 31 Dec 2008, at 13:21, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > > Both of these bugs are minor, but the effect of either/both of them is > > to cause more AccessExclusiveLocks than we might expect. > > > > For Hot Standby this means that many VACUUMs take AccessExclusiveLocks > > on relations, which would potentially lead to having queries cancelled > > for no reason at all. > > Well by default it would just cause wal to pause briefly until the > queries with those locks finish, no?
Yes, but why allow pointless actions in the first place? -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
