Re: Small Bug in GetConflictingVirtualXIDs

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Andres Freund wrote:
>> The logic behind this seems fine except in the case of dropping a database. 
>> There you very well might have a open connection without an open snapshot.

> Perhaps the simplest fix is to ensure that drop database gets a snapshot?

I confess to not having followed the thread closely, but why is DROP
DATABASE special in this regard?  Wouldn't we soon find ourselves
needing every utility command to take a snapshot?

			regards, tom lane