Re: [HACKERS] backend dies suddenly after a lot of error messages
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza@pacifier.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-05-13T02:44:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> I was measuring about 4K per cycle for a trivial parsing error, > like feeding "garbage;" to the backend repeatedly. It could be > a *lot* more depending on how much work got done before the error > was detected. Worst case you might lose megabytes... The strange thing is that we don't usually hear about crash/leaks very much. We just started hearing about it more in the past week or so. -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026