> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > Once autovacuum gets to the point where it's used by default, this >> > particular failure mode should be a thing of the past, but in the >> > meantime I'm not going to panic about it. >> >> I don't know how to say this without sounding like a jerk, (I guess >> that's >> my role sometimes) but would you go back and re-read this sentence? >> >> To paraphrase: "I know this causes a catestrophic data loss, and we have >> plans to fix it in the future, but for now, I'm not going panic about >> it." > > Do you have a useful suggestion about how to fix it? "Stop working" is > handwaving and merely basically saying, "one of you people should do > something about this" is not a solution to the problem, it's not even an > approach towards a solution to the problem.
Actually, it is not a solution to the problem of losing data. It is a drop dead last ditch failsafe that EVERY PRODUCT should have before losing data. > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
