2009/12/29 Leonardo M. <l.rame@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > El mar, 29-12-2009 a las 15:44 -0500, Merlin Moncure escribió: >> right. IIRC the zeos library has a transaction mode that controls if >> commits are explicit or invoked via the library commit method. either >> way, you you need to make sure that transactions are not left >> open...this can lead (as you noticed) to unexpected problems like >> blocking queries, performance problems, data loss, etc. >> >> if you notice the slow ddl issue again, throw an immediate select * >> from pg_locks and look for granted = f. If you find some and they >> match your pid, then you know that you have a transaction open that is >> blocking you. From there, it's just a matter if using pg_locks and >> pg_stat_activity to narrow down who/what is doing it. You should >> especially take note of 'idle in transaction' in >> pg_stat_activity...this is classic red flag of leaky application code. >> >> merlin > > I did the Select * from pg_locks right after your answer, and found that > almost all locks originated by my app have "granted = t", also, all are > in "<IDLE> in transaction". The interesting thing is the app is doing > only Selects, without opening transactions. ok, the problem is clear: find out why those happened (a client issued 'begin' without subsequent 'commit') and your problem will go away. Turn on sql logging if you have to. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
