Re: Problem with "create database ... with template "

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Tom Lane wrote:

> Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> writes:
>> I tried that connecting to template1, but it doesn't helped. The problem
>> occurs even if I repeat 'drop;create' in one connection (the same backend).
>
> Hmm.  Do you have autovacuum turned on?  8.2 isn't real smart about
> dealing with autovac running in the template DB ...

yes, it turned on. With autovac off the problem seems gone away.

>
> FWIW, I could repeat it here easily with the given test case (new
> connections being made each time) but not with a single persistent
> connection.

If I play with toy database (empty) I don't see error message. 
Real database is about 800Mb, so it takes about 22 seconds to create
database. Looks like there is a time lag between completion 
'create database ...' command and actual releasing of template db.

    Regards,        Oleg
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