Re: Stack Depth

Thanks all

I do think I have a recursive problem. It's just hard to see at the moment.

Bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fuhr" <mike@fuhr.org>
To: "Bricklen Anderson" <banderson@presinet.com>
Cc: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>; "Postgresql"
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Stack Depth


> On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:48:38PM -0800, Bricklen Anderson wrote:
>> Bob Pawley wrote:
>> >I understand the default stack depth is about 2 meg. How do I determine
>> >what the stack depth should be so that I avoid this error?
>>
>> check max_stack_depth in your postgresql.conf file
>
> Before mucking with max_stack_depth, investigate whether the triggers
> are causing infinite recursion (an insert fires a trigger, which
> does an insert, which fires a trigger, which does an insert, ad
> infinitum).  If that's happening then increasing the stack depth
> will merely prolong the agony.
>
> --
> Michael Fuhr
>
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