Laurent Birtz wrote: > > No. The closest thing we have is log_lock_waits in 8.3. I wonder if > > you could hack up something to monitor the server logs for such messages > > and cancel the queries. > > Assuming I can monitor the logs in this way, how would I cancel the > queries (or lack thereof, in the case of a client that sits doing nothing > with a held lock)? Use log_line_prefix to get the process id in the log line, then use pg_cancel_backend() on the process id. > >> 2) Is there any hostility about the notion of implementing this feature > >> into Postgres? > > > > Probabably --- it seems like a narrow use case. > > I'll consider this to be the definite answer unless I hear a dissenting > opinion in the next few days. Yea, I might be wrong. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
