Re: Actual expression of a constraint

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lrotger <lrotger(at)aircomp(dot)aero>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Actual expression of a constraint
Date: 2006-02-07 18:16:28
Message-ID: 27461.1139336188@sss.pgh.pa.us
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lrotger <lrotger(at)aircomp(dot)aero> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Egad, don't tell me you're still using 7.2.1 for anything important :-(

> Well it probably would, changelogs are scary and I really appreciate the
> work of the postgres hackers, but you know the old adage: "if it's not
> broken, don't fix it"; it works wonderfully for me and it's accessed in
> a controlled environment by a single application done by me. Should I be
> worried?

Yes, you should. Someday one of those bugs will eat your data. The
fact that it hasn't happened yet does not mean you're not at risk;
a lot of them are simply race conditions with very small windows.

regards, tom lane

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