Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> We have a frequently updated (peak > 5/sec) table with about 1000 rows.
> We run VACCUM FULL on this table every 5 minutes.
I agree with Bruno's comment that you shouldn't be doing that in the
first place. Plain vacuum (perhaps executed even more often, like
once a minute) will cause fewer locking headaches.
> Is it possible to set up a vacuum to fail if a lock is not granted in
> a limited period of time (eg. 1 minute)?
I think you could do that by setting a statement timeout.
regards, tom lane