Re: Wrong return code in vacuumdb when multiple jobs are used

From: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Wrong return code in vacuumdb when multiple jobs are used
Date: 2019-05-04 09:22:22
Message-ID: CAOBaU_b7VjpA4CHAUUng9w26iNd3TnHMjznuKfVqwC9C5uYN0A@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 11:15 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure
> > that a TAP test is required here, so I didn't add one. I'll be happy
> > to do so though if needed.
>
> You could make that reliable by getting a lock on a table using a
> two-phase transaction, and your test case from upthread won't fly high
> as we have no facility in PostgresNode.pm to keep around a session's
> state using psql. FWIW, I am not convinced that it is a case worth
> bothering, so no tests is fine.

Yes, adding a test for this case looked like requiring a lot of
creativity using TAP infrastructure, that's the main reason why I
didn't add one. 2PC is a good idea though.

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