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Re: 2PC-induced lockup

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-07-11T04:38:09Z
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tomas@tuxteam.de writes:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:41:31AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Right offhand, clearing pg_twophase while the system is stopped should
>> be safe enough.

> It might make sense then to clear the pg_twophase directory on DB
> startup.

<blink>  I fear you have 100% misunderstood the point.  The *only*
reason for that feature is to survive DB crashes.

			regards, tom lane