[HACKERS] autovacuum: found orphan temp table
Hello, While it is obvious what is happening in $SUBJECT as well as reasonably obvious why it can happen. What isn't obvious is what to do about it. It seems we log in as a super user and drop the temp tables. However, I would think if we know that it is orphaned that autovacuum should just clean those up? JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 509-416-6579 PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, @cmdpromptinc If we send our children to Caesar for their education, we should not be surprised when they come back as Romans. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
Re: [HACKERS] autovacuum: found orphan temp table
Joshua D. Drake wrote: Hi, While it is obvious what is happening in $SUBJECT as well as reasonably obvious why it can happen. What isn't obvious is what to do about it. It seems we log in as a super user and drop the temp tables. However, I would think if we know that it is orphaned that autovacuum should just clean those up? As far as I recall, if you wait long enough it will drop them. Looking at the code: yes, it's forcibly dropped when it becomes a problem for xid wraparound. Of course, you can drop it as superuser as well; that will save you a few months of WARNING spam ... Cheers -- Álvaro Herrerahttp://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
Re: [HACKERS] autovacuum: found orphan temp table
Joshua D. Drake j...@commandprompt.com writes: While it is obvious what is happening in $SUBJECT as well as reasonably obvious why it can happen. What isn't obvious is what to do about it. It seems we log in as a super user and drop the temp tables. You don't need to do anything --- the table will go away the next time a session makes use of that pg_stat_temp schema. However, I would think if we know that it is orphaned that autovacuum should just clean those up? That seems to me to be outside the charter of autovacuum, particularly since orphan tables might be of interest for forensic reasons. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
