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From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>
To: Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: auto vaccum is dying
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:53:03 +0300
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On 10/02/2014 07:43 AM, Rodrigo Barboza wrote:
> Hello, I have a table that receives lots of updates and inserts.
> Auto vaccum is always being cancelled on that table.
> One day the database went on standby and I had to act manually to recover.
>
> What should I do to avoid auto vaccum cancel?

Cancellation happens when you run a command that requires an a stronger 
on the table, like ALTER or TRUNCATE. Plain UPDATEs or INSERTS will not 
cause cancellations. There must be something else going on, causing the 
cancellations.

- Heikki



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