There are no client poolers (unless pgtcl has one I don't know about) so this is unlikely.
The trigger is an interesting idea to try if it happens again - I can't keep it for long as it is for a massive cache (used to deflect calls to a web service) and will bloat the logs pretty quickly. I have to ask myself, is it more likely that I have discovered some PG anomaly in 9.0 that no one has ever noticed, or that the client has accidentally launched the process twice and doesn't know it? -----Original Message----- From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:mmonc...@gmail.com] Sent: May 1, 2013 11:37 AM To: Carlo Stonebanks Cc: Steven Schlansker; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Simple SQL INSERT to avoid duplication failed: why? On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Carlo Stonebanks <stonec.regis...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Very good to know, Steve. We're on 9.0 right now but I will > investigate as all the work is for unattended automatic processes > which are continuously streaming data from multiple resources and need > to resolve these collisions by themselves. If it was me, I'd be putting a 'before' statement level trigger on the table to raise a warning into the log with the backend pid assuming I could handle the volume. There are lots of ways the client could turn out to be wrong, for example client side connection poolers (which I tend to hate). Only when it's 100% proven this is a single backend case (which none of us really believe is the case including you) is further research justified. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general