Re: pgsql: Extract catalog info for error reporting before an error actually

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:45 +0000, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Extract catalog info for error reporting before an error actually happens.
> > Also, remove redundant reset of for-wraparound PGPROC flag.
>
> Just noticed you've made these changes. I was working on them, but
> hadn't fully tested the patch because of all the different touch points.
> Sorry for the delay.
>
> Would you like me to refresh my earlier patch against the newly
> committed state (or did you commit that aspect already as well?).

I am doing just that.  I'll post it soon.

FWIW I disagree with cancelling just any autovac work automatically; in
my patch I'm only cancelling if it's analyze, on the grounds that if
you have really bad luck you can potentially lose a lot of work that
vacuum did.  We can relax this restriction when we have cancellable
vacuum.

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