Re: Postgres Hanging on Inserts

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: akavan(at)cox(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres Hanging on Inserts
Date: 2003-07-30 14:25:21
Message-ID: 9546.1059575121@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Adam Kavan <akavan(at)cox(dot)net> writes:
> I looked into pg_locks and they are all waiting to get an exclusive
> lock on the same relation. Is there anyway for me to tell what this
> relation is?

To decipher the OIDs in pg_locks, join against pg_class.oid, or just do
select relname from pg_class where oid = nnnn;

> Does anyone know what it could be and how I can fix this
> problem?

Look for the process that already has a lock on the same relation, and
find out what it's waiting for.

regards, tom lane

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