Rick Gigger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know if 2K could have passed since the last checkpoint. > ... > now that I think about it I was getting about 400 pages requests / > minute and each of those would have have been doing at least 2 > transactions so yes, I guess that is very likely.
Good, 'cause if you didn't have a couple thousand transactions between checkpoints then we need another theory ;-) >> You realize of course that that's pretty old ... > Yes. I will be upgrading immediately. You'll want to include this patch: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2006-01/msg00289.php (or see adjacent messages if you plan to move to something newer than 7.3.*). We probably will not put out another set of releases until next month, unless something really big comes along. This one doesn't qualify as really big IMHO, because it's not a PANIC-grade failure in the later branches. But having been burnt once, I'm sure you'll want a patched copy ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
