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From: John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com>
To: Good, Thomas <TGood@svwsjmc.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Bizarreness at A2 Hosting
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0400
Message-ID: <82BDCB41-761A-4615-B591-EB83FB492792@pgedit.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C3FA421FEED237488E9820D1ED668F330AB5ABC7@SVWEMAIL>
References: <C3FA421FEED237488E9820D1ED668F330AB5ABC7@SVWEMAIL>


On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Good, Thomas wrote:

> 4) try to run pg_dump - it fails as it is unable to lock this other guy's table
> 
> tech suppt argues with me that their template is not hosed, "that is the nature of postgre," he said (not a typo, he omitted the trailing s)
> 
> These guys are recommended by postgresql.org so I figured I'd try em...
> I have another account (for a client whom I support pro bono) and they do not have this problem. New databases are empty as one would expect.
> 
> Can someone tell me what exactly the problem is - I am waiting for a supervisor to call me back and I'd like to lead him to the answer so he can fix the problem.


I think you are right -- they likely have some one's stuff in the template database. On your account that does not have the problem -- is it on the same host?



John DeSoi, Ph.D.







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