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Streaming Replication in PostgreSQL9.0 b4: Standby dropping connections

From: Chip Steele <steele(dot)chip(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Streaming Replication in PostgreSQL9.0 b4: Standby dropping connections
Date: 2010-08-20 20:15:32
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 --- Reposting with more information ---
  In PG9.0-b4 I have successfully set up a primary-secondary pair with
streaming replication, with the secondary in hot_standby mode.

I have an application on the standby (and primary) which has constant
connections open to the database. Occasionally it refreshes its cache of
data from the hot_standby secondary server.
I am intermittently getting and error when updating the application's cache.

The cache update involves 2 queries:
SELECT COUNT(*)  FROM core_list; -- this table has about 5 Million records
SELECT line, COUNT(*) FROM core_state WHERE state='normal' GROUP BY line
ORDER BY line;   -- this table has about 50million records

normal operation of the database would not update the core_list table, and
would update maybe up to 10% of the core_state table between application
cache updates

table definitions follow:
CREATE TABLE core_list(
   id         int              NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('core_list_id_seq'),
   name   varchar(64)  NOT NULL,
   valid     BOOLEAN  NOT NULL DEFAULT '1'

unique index on the first 2 fields, index on the 3rd.

CREATE TABLE core_state(
   core_id   int            NOT NULL,
   line         smallint    NOT NULL,
   state       core_state NOT NULL

CREATE INDEX cs_core_id_idx ON core_state(core_id);
CREATE INDEX cs_state_line_idx ON core_state(state,line);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX cs_core_id_line_idx ON core_state(core_id,line)

When I check the PostgreSQL logs with the same timestamp, I see the
following messages:

FATAL: terminating connection due to conflict with recovery
your command.

Now, this message explains that there is a problem, but I couldn't find
anything in the streaming replication/hot standby documentation indicating
that this sort of thing might occur.
Is there any way to avoid it? Any further information about this specific
problem? Can I provide anything else?

Thanks in advance,


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