Re: Impact of checkpoint_segments under continual load conditions

Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@gmail.com> writes:
> On 7/19/05, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> How *exactly* are you invoking psql?

> It is a subprocess of a Python process, driven using a pexpect
> interchange. I send the COPY command, then wait for the '=#' to come
> back.

Some weird interaction with pexpect maybe?  Try adding "-n" (disable
readline) to the psql command switches.

            regards, tom lane