On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0500, Colton A Smith wrote: > Hi: > > While pg_dump is dumping my database, I find that when I try to truncate > a table the query hangs. Is that the expected behavior? What if I try > to drop a table? Will that hang as well? Yes. dump grabs an AccessSharedLock on everything it's going to dump. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
