On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 10:22:20AM -0400, Kenneth Downs wrote: > I'm having some trouble getting a google hit on this topic, and the docs > aren't doing much for me. > > What I'm wondering is, how do I limit any particular postgres operation, > in particular a long-running batch operation with lots of inserts, from > bogging down a server? > > This is not so much a question of how to code the SQL, as it is how to > keep a selfish process from causing a self-inflicted DoS situation. > > Can anybody get me pointed in the right direction with a link or two? > Thanks. Right now, you basically don't. :( Unless you manually break your operation up into multiple steps. There is a lot of discussion on bizgres-general right now about statement queuing, which migth help in your case. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
