"Steven Flatt" <steven.flatt@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, we're using Postgres 8.1.4.
> We've been seeing deadlock errors of this form, sometimes as often as
> several times per hour:
> ...
> I also see claims that this problem is fixed in 8.2, and if the fix is what
> I think it is, it's also in 8.1.6.
> Can someone confirm that I've identified the right fix?
Hard to say without a lot more data, but as a general rule you should be
on 8.1.latest in any case. See
http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning
You might also find ammunition in the release notes:
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/release.html
regards, tom lane
