Re: transaction timeout

So can anyone suggest a solution that does not involve
killing the client when it hangs?

thanks,

Eugene

--- Dr NoName <spamacct11@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > You misunderstood his point.  In PostgreSQL
> > parlance, a "cluster" is a
> > single postmaster running on a single machine,
> with
> > 1 or more
> > databases.  So, what he wanted to know was, if
> your
> > application is
> > hitting a database called fred, and you have a
> spare
> > database named
> > wilma, would "psql wilma" work when the database
> is
> > "locked up?"
>
>
> ok, I see. That's another thing to try next time.
>
>
> > Can you elaborate on what you mean by a database
> > that is "locked up?"
>
>
> Here is the ps output from before the offending
> process was killed. That one "idle in transaction"
> process caused everything to lock.
>
> 2005 07 25 6:07:34  s17 79  > ps -efwww | grep
> postgres
> postgres 23281     1  0 Jul18 ?        00:00:29
> /usr/bin/postmaster -p 5432
> postgres 23285 23281  0 Jul18 ?        00:20:20
> postgres: stats buffer process
> postgres 23287 23285  0 Jul18 ?        00:18:08
> postgres: stats collector process
> postgres 12466 23281  0 Jul18 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres 12474 23281  0 Jul18 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres 26947 23281  0 Jul19 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres  3514 23281  0 Jul19 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.50 idle
> postgres  6881 23281  0 Jul19 ?        00:00:01
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.71 idle
> postgres 17750 23281  0 Jul20 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.159 idle in
> transaction
> postgres 26504 23281  0 Jul20 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.50 idle
> postgres 12284 23281  0 Jul20 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.125 idle
> postgres 16026 23281  0 Jul20 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.125 idle
> postgres 25709 23281  0 Jul21 ?        00:01:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27980 23281  0 Jul21 ?        00:04:08
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 14854 23281  0 Jul21 ?        00:00:03
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres 19531 23281  0 Jul21 ?        00:00:02
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres 17590 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.95 idle
> postgres 26917 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 26933 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:06:57
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 26934 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:56
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 26939 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:09
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27362 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:56
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27365 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:03
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27398 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:26
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27856 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27858 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:05:26
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27863 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:58
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27865 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:28
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 27869 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:29
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 28295 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:23
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 28313 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:45
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 28315 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:01:06
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 28725 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:05:07
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 13559 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:24
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 13595 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:36
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 14017 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:52
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 idle
> postgres 25206 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.146 idle
> postgres  3742 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.142 idle
> postgres 12016 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.106 idle
> postgres 13782 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:13
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.106 idle
> postgres 13853 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:02
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.106 idle
> postgres 14381 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.106 idle
> postgres 14923 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.106 idle
> postgres 17181 23281  0 Jul22 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.59 idle
> postgres  6212 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production [local] VACUUM
> waiting
> postgres  5952 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.1.17 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 24644 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.100 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 26271 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 26720 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 26721 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 27161 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 27162 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 28005 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 28450 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 28451 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.114 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres  3049 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.134 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres  3875 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.134 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres  4286 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.130 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres  4700 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.185 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13850 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13851 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13852 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13854 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13855 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 13856 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.145 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 14268 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 14269 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 14270 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.138 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 14685 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 14686 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.11.24 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 15100 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.105 SELECT
> waiting
> postgres 15951 23281  0 Jul24 ?        00:00:00
> postgres: siam siam_production 172.16.10.125 SELECT
>
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