Re: [ADMIN] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [ADMIN] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions
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Msg-id 13414.1404774893@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [ADMIN] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions  (John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>)
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John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> writes:
> On 7/7/2014 2:14 PM, Prabhjot Sheena wrote:
>> i will run full vacuum than and see how it goes.

> do make sure there aren't any OLD pending transactions hanging around.

Not only regular transactions, but prepared transactions:

select * from pg_prepared_xacts;

8.3 was the last release in which max_prepared_transactions was nonzero
by default, thereby allowing people to shoot themselves in the foot
this way without having taken off the safety first :-(

            regards, tom lane


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