Re: [ADMIN] does wal archiving block the current client connection?

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] does wal archiving block the current client connection?
Date: 2006-05-19 16:27:33
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On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 12:03 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > OK, I'm on it.
>
> What solution have you got in mind? I was thinking about an fcntl lock
> to ensure only one archiver is active in a given data directory. That
> would fix the problem without affecting anything outside the archiver.
> Not sure what's the most portable way to do it though.

I was trying to think of a better way than using an archiver.pid file in
pg_xlog/archive_status...

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Simon Riggs
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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