Re: Vacuuming leaked temp tables (once again)
Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2008-06-27T16:43:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Stephen Frost wrote: > * Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote: > > The only solution proposed in that thread was to auto-delete temp > > tables at postmaster restart; which I opposed on the grounds that > > throwing away data right after a crash was a terrible idea from a > > forensic standpoint. > > Why not just rename the files out of the way, and nuke the entries from > the catalog? Something like "filename.crash" or similar that an admin > can have scripts in place to check for and who could then go handle as > appropriate (remove, investigate, etc). This was my thought too. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.