Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I realize this isn't directly addressing the problem but perhaps part of the > solution would be to start advocating the use of pg_restore -1 ? That would > solve the problem for the narrow case of pg_restore.
Well, that would do as a quick workaround, as would disabling autovacuum during the restore. > In the long run we could think about exposing some kind of command for > pg_restore to use which would disable autovacuum from touching a > table. Ugh. I think a real solution probably involves a mechanism that kicks autovacuum off a table when someone else wants an exclusive lock on it. This is a little bit worrisome because a steady stream of lock requests could prevent autovac from ever finishing the table, but it seems clear that not doing this is going to make autovac a lot more intrusive than people will stand for. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster