Tino Schwarze <postgresql@xxxxxxx> writes: > So I'd like to watch for transactions waiting for the lock in step 3 - I > do not care for the time it took to perform the work. Dunno if this is of any use to you, but there is a "log_lock_waits" feature in CVS HEAD that seems to be exactly what you want. I couldn't recommend running 8.3 in production yet, but it wouldn't be out of the realm of reason to back-port the patch for that. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend