Tom Lane wrote:
>pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com writes:
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>>In fact, I think it is so bad, that I think we need to back-port a fix to
>>previous versions and issue a notice of some kind.
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>They already do issue notices --- see VACUUM.
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>A real fix (eg the forcible stop we were talking about earlier) will not
>be reasonable to back-port.
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I hope this question isn't too stupid....
Is it be possible to create a "vacuum wraparound" or "vacuum xidreset"
command which would do the work required to fix the wraparound problem,
without being as expensive as a normal vacuum of an entire database?