On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 16:20 -0600, Jason Long wrote: > I have an inventory system based on PostgreSQL 8.3.5, JBoss, > Hibernate...... > > I have a query builder that lets users filter data in a fairly complex > way. > > For some reason the search gets out of control and consumes all CPU. > > I set my statement timeout to 2 minutes and this keeps the system from > going down totally, but this is happening much more frequently than it > used to. > > I can find the problem with the individual query easily enough, but I > would like a more general solution. > > What seems strange to me is that one one core of my Quad core x5472 is > 100%. The others show minimal usage. > > I would think that other users would get a different core and one > query could not deadlock the whole system for everyone. > > Do you think this is due to my Postgres or JBoss AS configuration for > database connections? > > Any advice will be greatly appreciated. An explain analyze of the query would be useful. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general