Re: deadlock problem - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: deadlock problem
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Msg-id 20030331084135.O35743-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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In response to deadlock problem  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

> I'm always getting deadlocks like this:
>
> [30-Mar-2003 19:19:51] PHP Fatal error:  postgres7 error: [0: ERROR:
> deadlock detected
> ] in EXECUTE("INSERT INTO users_foods (user_id, date, meal_id, quantity,
> eaten, food_id) VALUES ('55283', '2003-04-07', '1', '1.00', 'f', '779')")
>  in /usr/local/www/generic/lib/adodb/adodb-errorhandler.inc.php on line 71
>
>
> Why would an INSERT cause a deadlock problem?  Is this due to the FOR UPDATE
> problem with foreign keys?

Probably if this table is on either side of one.



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