nice workaround, I am going to modify my procedure to drop the "public" schema first (it is the largest one).
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From: "Tony Wasson" <ajwasson@gmail.com>
To: jim@contactbda.com
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:09:05 -0700
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] drop database command blocking other connections
> On 5/3/06, Jim Buttafuoco <jim@contactbda.com> wrote:
> > from time to time I have to drop a very large database (1TB+). The drop database command takes a long time to
complete
> > while its deleting the files. During this time, no one can connect to the database server, ps displays "startup
> > waiting". This is with Postgresql 7.4. Has this been addressed in 8.1, if not, does anyone have some ideas on
how to
> > speed this up.
>
> I don't have a "fix", but I can offer a workaround.
>
> When we need to drop large DBs we drop them a schema at a time. DROP
> SCHEMA does *not* block new connections into the server. Once the data
> it out of the schema(s), a DROP DATABASE on a nearly empty database
> does not block new connections for more than a moment.
>
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