Re: lowering priority automatically at connection - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Chris Mair <list@1006.org> writes:
> I find this very helpful:
>   Lowering the priority of a PostgreSQL query
>   http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=11

That guy doesn't actually have the foggiest idea what he's doing.
The reason there is no built-in capability to do that is that it *does
not work well*.  Search the list archives for "priority inversion" to
find out why not.

            regards, tom lane