Re: CREATE TABLE AS SELECT hangs

Tom.

Thanks so much for your response. Your theory appears to have been
correct, and it is working like a champ now.

Best,

Derek

On 10/1/2018 4:29 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> derek <jmorgan3(at)uwf(dot)edu> writes:
>> I am trying to populate/create a database with CREATE TABLE AS SELECT
>> like so:
>> CREATE TABLE test_table AS
>> SELECT row_number() over() as gid, cells.geom
>> FROM test_geom_function(1,2,3) AS cells;
>> This works on one database instance, but not on another. On the database
>> it doesn't work on it seems to hang on executing and when I cancel it I get
>> ERROR:  canceling statement due to user request
>> CONTEXT:  while inserting index tuple (6,13) in relation
>> "pg_type_typname_nsp_index"
>> SQL state: 57014
> Hmm (pokes around) ... That error context message seems to only be
> possible if we were blocked waiting for some other transaction.
> I theorize that you have an uncommitted transaction someplace that
> has created the same table name. Cancelling it would fix things.
>
> regards, tom lane