| From: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> | 
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| To: | Dan Harris <fbsd(at)drivefaster(dot)net> | 
| Cc: | pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: Table locking problems? | 
| Date: | 2005-08-09 18:52:01 | 
| Message-ID: | 20050809185201.GA25325@winnie.fuhr.org | 
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On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:04:11PM -0600, Dan Harris wrote:
> These changes have definitely improved performance, but I am now  
> finding some trouble with UPDATE or DELETE queries "hanging" and  
> never releasing their locks.  As this happens, other statements queue  
> up behind it.
Have you examined pg_locks to see if the UPDATE or DELETE is blocked
because of a lock another session holds?
Are you using foreign keys?  When updating referencing rows, released
versions of PostgreSQL acquire a lock on the referenced row that can
hurt concurrency or cause deadlock (this will be improved in 8.1).
-- 
Michael Fuhr
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