Re: Actual expression of a constraint - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Actual expression of a constraint
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Msg-id 27461.1139336188@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Actual expression of a constraint  (lrotger <lrotger@aircomp.aero>)
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lrotger <lrotger@aircomp.aero> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Egad, don't tell me you're still using 7.2.1 for anything important :-(

> Well it probably would, changelogs are scary and I really appreciate the
> work of the postgres hackers, but you know the old adage: "if it's not
> broken, don't fix it"; it works wonderfully for me and it's accessed in
> a controlled environment by a single application done by me. Should I be
> worried?

Yes, you should.  Someday one of those bugs will eat your data.  The
fact that it hasn't happened yet does not mean you're not at risk;
a lot of them are simply race conditions with very small windows.

            regards, tom lane

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