Re: error while autovacuuming

On 2/10/2010 5:44 AM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:06 PM, tamanna madaan
> <tamanna(dot)madan(at)globallogic(dot)com> wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am planning to upgrade postgres to avoid this autovacuum problem.
>>
>> From the release notes of postgres-8.1.x it seems this issue
>> has been solved in postgres-8.1.6 and hence upgrading
>> to latest 8.1 release i.e 8.1.21 will solve this issue.
>>
>> But I was just wondering if postgres-8.4 will also be having this fix
>> (as I couldn't find it in release notes of postgres-8.4).
>
> 8.4 has much better autovacuuming, seeing as it's multithreaded and
> you can have a lot more control over how it behaves. This fix is
> definitely in 8.4 and 8.3, or should I say the bug you hit was long
> gone by the time the 8.4 branch was cut.

OP: Do be aware that if you jump straight to 8.4, there are some
incompatibilities that may require changes to your code. The one people
seem to be bitten by most frequently is the removal of implicit casts to
text:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-3.html

... but, in general, you should read the release notes for each major
version and see if you need to change anything to achieve a smooth upgrade.

--
Craig Ringer

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