Re: Problems Vacuum'ing

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Problems Vacuum'ing
Date: 2004-04-03 03:58:40
Message-ID: 11390.1080964720@sss.pgh.pa.us
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jseymour(at)LinxNet(dot)com (Jim Seymour) writes:
> But I see entries like that if I just *start* *up* psql, without
> doing anything:

Sure. You are "doing something" when you execute "select from
pg_locks" ... that command executes inside a transaction, just
like any other Postgres operation. The problem you're facing
is that WebObjects is creating a transaction that persists for
a long period of time.

regards, tom lane

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