Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost" - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Torsten Zuehlsdorff
Subject Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"
Date
Msg-id 4EBCD414.90706@meisterderspiele.de
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In response to Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"  (Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>)
Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas schrieb:

>>>> Lossing data is very bad, the solution provided by Robert is really
>>>> simple. I support Roberts approach.
>>>
>>> you support changing localhost to be something other than 127.0.0.1 to
>>> hack around a poorly designed application?!? seriously?
>>
>> No, i support that PG should be able to not lossing data because of an
>> easily catchable missconfiguration of the underlying system.
>
> You won't lose data. There are safeguards in place to print warnings in
> the log when you approach transaction wrap-around, and after a certain
> point the system will stop accepting new transactions, to prevent data
> loss.

The manual says that autovacuum protects againt loss of very old data:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/routine-vacuuming.html

So either your statement is wrong or the manual. ;) If there is the
possibility to lose data just because of this kind of missconfiguration,
we should accept Roberts patch.

Greetings,
Torsten
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