From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> |
Cc: | Gene Hart <genekhart(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: vacuum won't fix tx wraparound problem |
Date: | 2010-06-27 14:30:56 |
Message-ID: | 10169.1277649056@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> writes:
> In response to Gene Hart <genekhart(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> PostgreSQL stand-alone backend 8.4.4
>> backend> vacuum
>> backend> ^D^D
>> exit
> Am I reading this wrong or did you not bother to allow the vacuum to finish?
> Considering there's no command terminator (;) on the vacuum command, it's
> unlikely that it ever actually started to do anything.
No, Gene did it right --- standalone backends have a different command-line
syntax. (I assume also that he observed a suitably long delay before
the second backend> prompt came up...)
I think Scott's idea of ancient prepared transactions is probably the
most likely bet. Roll those back and then vacuum and you'll be OK.
regards, tom lane
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