Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> the sequence again. Kill -9 the postmaster. Tried to insert into the
>> table, but to no avail... duplicate key. currval of the sequence and
>> it matched the value right after the checkpoint. I've been able to
>> duplicate that scenario several times.
> I just tested it here by doing a similar test of several nextval()
> calls, but then doing an INSERT and kill, and on restart, the sequence
> counter did have the proper value.
There have been prior reports of similar problems --- all quite
unrepeatable in my testing, and despite considerable study of the source
code I can't see how it could happen. A reproducible test case would be
a tremendous help.
regards, tom lane
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