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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To: Sachchida Ojha <sojha@secure-elements.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: deadlock_timeout parameter in Postgresql.cof
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:52:08 -0400
Message-ID: <20070823145208.968faeb9.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> (raw)
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In response to "Sachchida Ojha" <sojha@secure-elements.com>:

> I am having some dead locking problem with my app system. Our dev are
> debugging the app to find out the cause of the problem. In the mean time
> I looked at postgresql.conf file. I found that there is a parameter in
> postgresql.conf file deadlock_timeout which was set 1000 (ms).  Normally
> I see deadlock in the night or when auto vacuum is running for a long
> time.
> 
> My question is 
> 
> What is the significance of this parameter and updating this parameter
> value will make any difference ? 

Does the documentation leave anything unanswered?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-locks.html

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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.
http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/

wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
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