Re: Changed error message for blocks by prepared transactions

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:24:28 -0400 Tom Lane wrote:

> "Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum" <adsmail@wars-nicht.de> writes:
> > the small attached patch changes the error message for a blocked
> > database in case there are prepared transactions.
> 
> Isn't this duplicative of the errdetail_busy_db code?  And anyway
> I do not see a reason not to consider prepared transactions as
> "other users".

Because you know the details.
Most other users check pg_stat_activity just to find out there is no
other user connected. A prepared transaction is not a connected user,
so the error message is still misleading.

You are right with the errdetail_busy_db(), but that's only true for
8.4, not for earlier versions. In addition that's only true if you
haven't supressed the hints like some scripts do (-q as example).


Bye

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