Hi Markus,
Can you give an example ? what is the postgres version your are using? what exactly you are doing ?
PostgreSQL do not perform any flush operation after renaming. Below is the debug log of postgresql
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.481 UTC > DEBUG: postmaster child[14261]: starting with (
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.481 UTC > DEBUG: postgres
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.481 UTC > DEBUG: )
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.481 UTC > DEBUG: InitPostgres
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.482 UTC > DEBUG: my backend ID is 3
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.482 UTC > DEBUG: StartTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.482 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: DEFAULT; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 0/1/0, nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.483 UTC > DEBUG: CommitTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.483 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: STARTED; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 0/1/0, nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.483 UTC > DEBUG: StartTransactionCommand
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.483 UTC > DEBUG: StartTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.483 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: DEFAULT; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 0/1/0, nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: CommitTransactionCommand
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: CommitTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: STARTED; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 0/1/0, nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > LOG: duration: 0.367 ms statement: SELECT pg_backend_pid()
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: StartTransactionCommand
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: StartTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: DEFAULT; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 0/1/0, nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: ProcessUtility
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: CommitTransactionCommand
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: CommitTransaction
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.484 UTC > DEBUG: name: unnamed; blockState: STARTED; state: INPROGR, xid/subid/cid: 151784/1/0 (used), nestlvl: 1, children:
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > LOG: duration: 1.007 ms statement: alter database test rename to test_old
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: shmem_exit(0): 1 before_shmem_exit callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: shmem_exit(0): 6 on_shmem_exit callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: proc_exit(0): 3 callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: exit(0)
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: shmem_exit(-1): 0 before_shmem_exit callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: shmem_exit(-1): 0 on_shmem_exit callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.485 UTC > DEBUG: proc_exit(-1): 0 callbacks to make
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.486 UTC > DEBUG: reaping dead processes
< 2018-11-21 11:12:19.486 UTC > DEBUG: server process (PID 14261) exited with exit code 0
On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 2:50 PM Zwettler Markus (OIZ) <Markus.Zwettler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
We have a postgresql cluster with two databases.
We rename (switch) the databases daily (alter database x rename to y;)
The query performance slows down after each renaming.
Question: Why? Does postgresql flush the db-cache?
Thanks,
Markus
