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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Weird trouble with select
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:13:14 -0500
From: erobles <erobles@sensacd.com.mx>
Organization: SENSA Control Digital
To: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com>
On 06/29/2010 08:59 AM, Joshua Tolley wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 08:44:35AM -0500, erobles wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have 3 pc's:
>> pc 'A' with postgres 7.2 running
>> pc 'B' and 'C' connected to 'A'
>>
> You should upgrade as quickly as possible. 7.2 is ancient. Even 8.1 will hit
> end-of-life soon.
>
We are testing postgres 8.3.11 to detect any problem when we migrate
from 7.2 :-)
>> if i made the next query on 'B' or 'C' : "select * from detail with
>> id=72"; takes too long time to return the data, near of 10 minutes
>> more or less.
>> if i made the next query on 'B' or 'C' : "select * from detail with
>> id=71", or whatever value in id , the data are returned immediatly.
>>
>> if i made the next query on 'A' (postgres server): "select * from
>> detail with id=72", the data are returned immediatly.
>>
>
> I wonder if you're just hitting caching effects, and the different client
> hosts are confusing the issue.
> If you issue the query from one machine
> multiple times, does it reliably take forever the first time, and go quickly
> afterward?
>
no, doesn't.
This only works fine with a pc diferent to 'B' or 'C'
if the query is executed many times only on 'B' the query always fail
for id=72 with another value works fine.