Re: Alternative for vacuuming queue-like tables - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Csaba Nagy
Subject Re: Alternative for vacuuming queue-like tables
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Msg-id 1146238438.14093.96.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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In response to Re: Alternative for vacuuming queue-like tables  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
> > actually does work, I can confirm that. Is it violating MVCC maybe ?
>
> Yes :-(.  I think you can get away with it if all your transactions that
[snip]

Well, I actually don't want to get away this time :-)

This table is only processed by the queue manager and that uses very
short transactions, basically only atomic insert/update/delete. No long
running transaction will ever touch that table.

So this fits perfectly my queue cleanup needs.

Cheers,
Csaba.



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