I have a very high traffic db with lots of table partitions. The only reliable way to drop the partitioned tables is to prevent any insert/select on the parent table , otherwise, the drop table locks out the inserts, and strangely enough, the drop table command goes into a wait state. During shutdown and restart, I switch the pg_hba.conf to disallow client access for a brief period when the tables are dropped. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:20 PM To: Sriram Dandapani Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] archive logs recovery "Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have a situation where the database needs to be restarted > periodically. Will this affect recovery of a database using a base > online backup that took place earlier than the restart. No. But why do you need to shut down the database? Most people around here seem to want 24x7 operation ... regards, tom lane
