Re: Query regarding deadlock

On 2016-11-24 9:06 PM, Yogesh Sharma wrote:

> Dear John,
>
> Thanks for your support.
> I mean to say, the REINDEX calls hourly and insert query executes every minute to update.
> So, it might be race condition that these queries can call at same time.

Why do you need to run REINDEX every hour? That sounds like a stopgap
solution for another problem.
> If there is any solution like we can add some check before REINDEX operation performed.
> If it is possible?

Try to find out why the cron script is there in the first place. Then go
from there - eliminate it, or do it only in down periods.

>
> Regards,
> Yogesh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 10:55 AM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Query regarding deadlock
>
> On 11/24/2016 5:44 PM, Yogesh Sharma wrote:
>> I cannot change calling of REINDEX and insert query sequence because it is execute automatically through some cron
script.
> any cron scripts are your own doing, so this statement makes no sense at all.
>
>