Re: Plans for 8.2? - Mailing list pgsql-general

"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> Maybe related question: is the code below in XactLockTableWait() related to
> SIGQUIT?

No.

>  /*
>   * Transaction was committed/aborted/crashed - we have to update pg_clog
>   * if transaction is still marked as running.
>   */
>  if (!TransactionIdDidCommit(xid) && !TransactionIdDidAbort(xid))
>   TransactionIdAbort(xid);

The comment's "have to" is an overstatement.  The transaction would be
treated as crashed anyway, it's just that this is a convenient place to
make pg_clog a bit cleaner.  I'm not real sure why we bother, actually.

            regards, tom lane