Scott Marlowe wrote: > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Februar 2009 11:04 > An: Lentes, Bernd > Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: Question to transaction ID wraparound > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Lentes, Bernd > <bernd.lentes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello ML, > > > > I'm very new to Postgres. > > In the log, i got messages concerning transaction ID wraparound. > > I red the documentation and made a vaccum on that database. > > In the documentation i also found the hint to look in the database > > with "SELECT datname, age(datfrozenxid) FROM pg_database;", > which i did. > > I did the command several times in a few seconds, and this > number is > > growing very quickly, although i'm not expecting > transactions in the database. > > Please note that nearly EVERYTHING that happens in postgres > is a transaction. if you type a single command, boom, it's a > transaction. > You actually get fewer transaction events if you enclose a > bunch of stuff in begin; commit; pairs than if you run single > commands. > Scott, why does the number increase ? If it says how many transactions are still possible, the number should decrease, not increase. Bernd -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin