Re: Priorities for users or queries?

Hi Edwin,

Which connection parameters effect system resources?

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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