On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 03:49:57PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: - David Kerr <dmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: - > for example: If a java program connects to the DB and does "begin;" - > and then internally does a "sleep 6 days" - - > Does that cauz any issues other than eating a connection to the database? - - In recent versions of PG, no. Before about 8.3 it was a Really Bad Idea, - because the open transaction would prevent VACUUM from reclaiming storage. - - It's *still* a Really Bad Idea to begin a transaction, do something, - and then sleep 6 days. But "BEGIN" without any following commands - has been fixed to be harmless, mainly because there are so many - badly designed clients that do exactly that ... - - regards, tom lane - ah ok, I think i'm in that group. We're using Talend and i think it might be doing that, and it might be a bit of an effort to stop that from happening. We're on 8.3.9, so hopefully it's fairly safe then? Thanks Dave -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
