Re: [Proposal] Allow users to specify multiple tables in VACUUM commands

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> Um ... so? With Nathan's proposed behavior, there are two cases depending
>>> on just when the unexpected schema change happens:
>>> 1. *None* of the work gets done.
>>> 2. The work before the troublesome relation gets done, and the work after
>>> doesn't.
>
>> You may be missing one which is closer to what autovacuum does:
>> 3) Issue a warning for the troublesome relation, and get the work done
>> a maximum.
>
> Well, we could certainly discuss whether the behavior on detecting a
> conflict ought to be "error" or "warning and continue". But I do not buy
> the value of "it might be one or the other depending on timing".

I definitely agree with that, and I don't want this point to be a
blocker for the proposed patch either. So if you feel that for now the
focus should be on simplicity rather than reliability (my word may be
incorrect here, I mean having a consistent and continuous flow), let's
do so then. We could always change the implemented behavior later on.
--
Michael