Re: [ADMIN] Priorities for users or queries?

On 2/11/07, Benjamin Arai <benjamin@araisoft.com> wrote:
> Hi Edwin,
>
> Which connection parameters effect system resources?

i remembered wrong. the connection parameters i was thinking of is here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/libpq-envars.html

however, looking more closely to the config file, it can be set here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/runtime-config-resource.html

but *i am not sure* if it can be set on a per user basis. internet too
slow just now.

>
> Benjamin
>
> Edwin Eyan Moragas wrote:
> > On 2/11/07, Benjamin Arai <benjamin@araisoft.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to give priorities to queries or users?  Something
> >> similar to NICE in Linux.  My goal is to give the updating (backend)
> >> application a very low priority and give the web application a high
> >> priority to avoid disturbing the user experience.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >
> > with all due respect to Josh who has replied to this question already.
> >
> > i have been thinking about this and would like to make sure i am on
> > the right track.
> >
> > yes, there is no way to give priorities to queries or users in the db.
> > however, please correct me if i'm wrong, if i want something to run
> > with lower priority, i can use different connection parameters
> > which would use lower system resources. thus, this connection
> > would run "slower" that the other "normal" connections to the db.
> >
> > would that be right?
> >
> >>
> >> Benjamin
> >>
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