Re: Bizarreness at A2 Hosting

From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: "Good, Thomas" <TGood(at)svwsjmc(dot)org>
Cc: "pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bizarreness at A2 Hosting
Date: 2011-03-17 17:05:03
Message-ID: 82BDCB41-761A-4615-B591-EB83FB492792@pgedit.com
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On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Good, Thomas wrote:

> 4) try to run pg_dump - it fails as it is unable to lock this other guy's table
>
> tech suppt argues with me that their template is not hosed, "that is the nature of postgre," he said (not a typo, he omitted the trailing s)
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> These guys are recommended by postgresql.org so I figured I'd try em...
> I have another account (for a client whom I support pro bono) and they do not have this problem. New databases are empty as one would expect.
>
> Can someone tell me what exactly the problem is - I am waiting for a supervisor to call me back and I'd like to lead him to the answer so he can fix the problem.

I think you are right -- they likely have some one's stuff in the template database. On your account that does not have the problem -- is it on the same host?

John DeSoi, Ph.D.

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