Re: Meaning of transaction pg_locks?

Sorry, should RTFM more closely:

"If a transaction is waiting for a row-level lock, it will usually
appear in the view as waiting for the transaction ID
of the current holder of that row lock."

so I need to look at the row locks on the blocker.

Philip Warner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone explain the way to debug this kind of situation and/or
> explain the meaning of these locks?
>
> Partial output of "select * from pg_locks":
>
> | | 1192675195 | 62860 | ShareLock | f
> | | 1192675195 | 62814 | ExclusiveLock | t
> | | 1192675195 | 62838 | ShareLock | f
> | | 1192675195 | 63525 | ShareLock | f
>
> where 1192675195 is the 'transaction' field.
>
> I am not at all clear what the processes are waiting for, or if there is
> a way to reduce such contention.
>
>

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