From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Chris Mair <list@1006.org>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: lowering priority automatically at connection
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:26:43 -0400
Message-ID: <13758.1148574403@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1148573784.6017.26.camel@dell.home.lan>
References: <1148573784.6017.26.camel@dell.home.lan>
Chris Mair <list@1006.org> writes:
> I find this very helpful:
> Lowering the priority of a PostgreSQL query
> http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=11
That guy doesn't actually have the foggiest idea what he's doing.
The reason there is no built-in capability to do that is that it *does
not work well*. Search the list archives for "priority inversion" to
find out why not.
regards, tom lane
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