Re: Dead locks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Rainer Mager" <rmager(at)vgkk(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dead locks
Date: 2001-03-26 14:50:23
Message-ID: 28372.985618223@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Rainer Mager" <rmager(at)vgkk(dot)com> writes:
> We're using PG 7.0 and 7.1beta and are having dead lock problems. The docs
> say the Postgres detects dead locks and automatically rolls back 1
> transaction to recover but this is not our experience. Are the docs
> incorrect or is this more serious?

Which beta release?

There are some known undetected-deadlock cases in 7.0, which were
repaired in late January --- that would have been beta4 or possibly
beta5, I forget now. If you still see this behavior with 7.1RC1 then
I would like details.

regards, tom lane

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