Re: ERROR: tuple concurrently updated

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ERROR: tuple concurrently updated
Date: 2006-12-21 06:33:40
Message-ID: 14457.1166682820@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> Subject pretty much says it all. I've put up with this error in the
> past when it has caused me trouble but it's now starting to hit our
> clients on occation which is just unacceptable.

Have you tracked down the exact scenario making it happen?

> If this is correct then the solution seems to be either add versioning
> to the SysCache data,

You have provided no evidence that that would fix anything at all.
To my mind a "concurrently updated" failure is more likely to mean
insufficient locking around update operations.

regards, tom lane

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