Re: Standbys, txid_current_snapshot, wraparound - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Standbys, txid_current_snapshot, wraparound
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Msg-id CA+U5nMJW=4KGSfj2ai8GsQ5YP-qRHMMhMTEM2m17boLSMTNtpg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Standbys, txid_current_snapshot, wraparound  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Standbys, txid_current_snapshot, wraparound  (Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com>)
Re: Standbys, txid_current_snapshot, wraparound  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 08:52:40AM +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
>>> Master pg_controldata - OK txid_current_snapshot() - OK
>>> Standby pg_controldata - OK txid_current_snapshot() - lower value
>>
>> On Skytools list is report about master with slaves, but the
>> lower value appears on master too:
>>
>>  http://lists.pgfoundry.org/pipermail/skytools-users/2012-March/001601.html
>>
>> Cc'd original reporter too.
>
> Thanks. Am looking.

I can't see how this could happen on the master at all.

On the standby, it can happen if we skip restartpoints for about a
couple of billion xids. Which would be a problem.

More on this tomorrow.

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