On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 04:35:10PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Could something like that be added to regression, or maybe as a seperate > > test case for the buildfarm? > > If you don't have a self-contained, reproducible test case, it's a bit > pointless to suggest adding the nonexistent test case to the regression > suite.
Well, for things like race conditions I don't know that you can create reproducable test cases. My point was that this bug was exposed by databases with workloads that involved very high transaction rates. I know in the case of my client this is due to some sub-optimal design decisions, and I believe the other case was similar. My suggestion is that having a test that involves a lot of row-by-row type operations that generate a very high transaction rate would help expose these kinds of bugs. Of course if someone can come up with a self-contained reproducable test case for this race condition that would be great as well. :) -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq