Re: memory leaks fixed? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Denis Perchine
Subject Re: memory leaks fixed?
Date
Msg-id 200104080714.OAA04467@gw.ac-sw.com
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In response to memory leaks fixed?  ("Nick T" <ntaylor84@earthlink.net>)
List pgsql-general
Hello,

> Just finished reading all of the comments at
>
> http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html
>
> and became concerned about the comments regarding severe memory leaks with
> PostgreSQL.  Is this true?  Have they been fixed?  Are there any
> workarounds?

There are some still. Although not that large as mentioned in the comments.
If you have long-running cursor, and tables involved in this cursor are
heavily updated, you will end with 200Mb postmaster in 1-2 days.

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Sincerely Yours,
Denis Perchine

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