Re: PostgreSQL on multi-CPU systems

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on multi-CPU systems
Date: 2001-03-15 14:58:46
Message-ID: 13650.984668326@sss.pgh.pa.us
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darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
> One thing I notice is that a single query can seem to block other queries,
> at least to some extent.

It's not supposed to, except with certain specific features (for
example, I don't think any of the index types other than btree allow
concurrent insertions). Can you give a concrete example?

regards, tom lane

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