Re: Can autovac try to lock multiple tables at once?

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can autovac try to lock multiple tables at once?
Date: 2007-06-14 14:10:31
Message-ID: 20070614141031.GF5105@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > Sure, it can do that. I think it's easy enough to correct this problem;
> > see attached patch. Should this be backpatched? Earlier releases also
> > fall foul of this problem AFAICT.
>
> Yeah, because what made me think about it was a gripe from an 8.2
> user ... maybe this wasn't his problem, but it could be.

Backpatched all the way back to 8.1.

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Alvaro Herrera Developer, http://www.PostgreSQL.org/
Y dijo Dios: "Que sea Satanás, para que la gente no me culpe de todo a mí."
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