Re: unable to add or delete from table

What do the logs say when you are stuck? Can you afford a restart BTW ???

--Imad
www.EnterpriseDB.com

On 11/3/06, Tomeh, Husam <htomeh(at)firstam(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Check if the table is being locked by querying the pg_locks system view,
> and resolve any locking if exists.
>
> --
> Husam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Craig Russell
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [ADMIN] unable to add or delete from table
>
> I'm using a postgresql database as the back end for opennms. Everything
>
> was running fine until I had to do some tuning a few weeks ago
> (basically deleting old nodes, unmanaging interfaces, etc.) I did all of
>
> this via the web ui that comes with opennms. However, I discovered a
> couple of days ago that I am no longer able to add or delete nodes. It
> appears that the node table is locked and nothing I have tried has
> allowed me to modify this table. I have been able to work with the other
>
> tables in the database just not the node table.
>
> I am certainly not a sql expert but everything I have tried to date has
> failed.
>
> The command that I am running to delete a node from the command line is
> as follows:
>
> delete from node where nodeid=19;
>
> This command just hangs at the command line and a ctrl-c jumps me out of
>
> it. All that appears to be logged is a "query cancelled by user".
>
> I have tried reindexing the table, running a vacuum on the table and the
>
> database, all to no avail. I am able to run similar commands on other
> tables to delete unwanted rows.
>
> Any ideas on what I am missing here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig Russell
>
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