Re: Cannot DROP while process running

That should have said " The only table with a lock or any activity is
'public. vertices_tmp'.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Steve Horn <steve(at)stevehorn(dot)cc> wrote:

> I am on Postgres 9.1 and running into a problem when trying to drop a
> table in my public schema.
>
> When I issue the drop command for a table, the server doesn't respond -
> not even with increased disk activity or CPU usage. I am wondering if a
> lock is blocking it? When I select from pg_stat_activity the table I am
> intending on dropping is not listed as having anything actively using it.
>
> The only table with a lock or any activity is 'public.raw_tomtom'.
>
> mapping=# select datname, procpid, current_query from pg_stat_activity;
> datname | procpid | current_query
>
> ----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> postgres | 3944 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 3945 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 16193 | SELECT * FROM public.assign_vertex_id('raw_tomtom',
> 0.00001, 'the_geom', 'gid');
> mapping | 25456 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 20897 | autovacuum: VACUUM ANALYZE public.raw_tomtom
> mapping | 20405 | LOCK TABLE public.vertices_tmp IN ACCESS SHARE MODE
> mapping | 19461 | LOCK TABLE public.vertices_tmp IN ACCESS SHARE MODE
> mapping | 17570 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 20466 | LOCK TABLE public.vertices_tmp IN ACCESS SHARE MODE
> postgres | 20874 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 20976 | select datname, procpid, current_query from
> pg_stat_activity;
> mapping | 20609 | <IDLE>
> mapping | 20876 | <IDLE>
>
> *procpid 16193 "SELECT * FROM ..." is a long running process that would
> not be touching the table I am trying to drop.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> --
> Steve Horn
>
>

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Steve Horn