Re: BUG #6313: Deadlock reporting contains not enought details

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: dmigowski(at)ikoffice(dot)de
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #6313: Deadlock reporting contains not enought details
Date: 2011-12-01 16:54:28
Message-ID: 4294.1322758468@sss.pgh.pa.us
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dmigowski(at)ikoffice(dot)de writes:
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.16

> In my application I receive deadlocks from time to time, reported by an
> error message like this:

> ERROR: deadlock detected
> SQL Status:40P01
> Detail:Process 30812 waits for ShareLock on transaction 278158200; blocked
> by process 2852.
> Process 2852 waits for ShareLock on transaction 278158159; blocked by
> process 30812.

> This is absolutely useless for me for the following reasons.

If you were running a more modern version of Postgres, you would find a
more complete report about the deadlock in the postmaster log. We're
not going to change it in 8.3.x though.

regards, tom lane

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