Re: VACUUM and open transactions

From: Joseph S <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUM and open transactions
Date: 2006-10-19 20:25:09
Message-ID: 4537DF25.7020205@selectacast.net
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> Sure, don't keep transactions open for so long. Is there a particular
> reason you do that?

Because I have a leak somewhere? Even if the transaction isn't that old
it will still cause me some table bloat in the meantime.
>
> The problem is that the "old" transaction can see effects of later
> started transactions, so VACUUM can't delete the later stuff either...

How can it see effects of transactions that started after it?

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