Thank you, Tom!
> Some other session holding an exclusive lock on the table, perhaps?
That is exactly the case.
I see what I must do. Many thanks.
Regards,
Tena Sakai
tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Mon 12/17/2007 4:11 PM
To: Tena Sakai
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] How would I "close" a atble?
"Tena Sakai" <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> writes:
> I have a weired situation. Out of 17 tables which
> comprise a database, one of them refuses to talk to
> me. When I issue:
> select * from marker;
> it hangs.
Some other session holding an exclusive lock on the table, perhaps?
Have you looked into pg_locks for matches to that table?
regards, tom lane