| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Colton A Smith <smith(at)cs(dot)utk(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump and truncate |
| Date: | 2005-11-03 19:31:19 |
| Message-ID: | 20051103193119.GU55520@pervasive.com |
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0500, Colton A Smith wrote:
> Hi:
>
> While pg_dump is dumping my database, I find that when I try to truncate
> a table the query hangs. Is that the expected behavior? What if I try
> to drop a table? Will that hang as well?
Yes. dump grabs an AccessSharedLock on everything it's going to dump.
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