Re: Foreign Key Deadlocking

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Steven Flatt" <steven(dot)flatt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Foreign Key Deadlocking
Date: 2007-04-18 17:47:37
Message-ID: 5757.1176918457@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Steven Flatt" <steven(dot)flatt(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Hi, we're using Postgres 8.1.4.
> We've been seeing deadlock errors of this form, sometimes as often as
> several times per hour:
> ...
> I also see claims that this problem is fixed in 8.2, and if the fix is what
> I think it is, it's also in 8.1.6.
> Can someone confirm that I've identified the right fix?

Hard to say without a lot more data, but as a general rule you should be
on 8.1.latest in any case. See
http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning
You might also find ammunition in the release notes:
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/release.html

regards, tom lane

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