Re: [GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-23 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 18:38 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: 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

Re: [GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-23 Thread Laurent Birtz
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. I think you're

Re: [GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
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

Re: [GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-19 Thread Laurent Birtz
Bruce Momjian wrote: Laurent Birtz wrote: Hello, I am using Postgres in a high-availability environment and I'd like to know whether Postgres has provisions to kick off a misbehaving client that has obtained an advisory lock on the database and won't release it in a timely fashion. I am not

Re: [GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Laurent Birtz wrote: Hello, I am using Postgres in a high-availability environment and I'd like to know whether Postgres has provisions to kick off a misbehaving client that has obtained an advisory lock on the database and won't release it in a timely fashion. I am not worried about

[GENERAL] Forcibly vacating locks

2008-06-17 Thread Laurent Birtz
Hello, I am using Postgres in a high-availability environment and I'd like to know whether Postgres has provisions to kick off a misbehaving client that has obtained an advisory lock on the database and won't release it in a timely fashion. I am not worried about malicious clients, however I am