If you're using Tomcat or some other Java container that does connection management restart it and the lock should go away. Bob Lunney --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Kamcheung Sham <csham@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Kamcheung Sham <csham@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Runaway Locks > To: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 9:03 AM > > I was connecting to Postgres 8.3 through JDBC. During my > unit tests, something when wrong and now leaving with the > following locks in the db: > > arc_dev=# select locktype, mode, relname, > virtualtransaction, pid from pg_locks l join pg_class c on > l.relation = c.oid; > > > locktype | mode > | > relname | > virtualtransaction | pid > ----------+------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+------ > > relation | AccessShareLock | pg_locks > > | 1/38 > | 1816 > relation | RowShareLock | > hibernate_sequences | > -1/2091555 | > > relation | RowExclusiveLock | hibernate_sequences > | -1/2091555 > | > relation | AccessShareLock | pg_class_oid_index > | 1/38 > | 1816 > relation | AccessShareLock | > pg_class_relname_nsp_index | 1/38 > | 1816 > relation | AccessShareLock | pg_class > > | 1/38 > | 1816 > (6 rows)arc_dev=# > > The locks on 'hibernate_sequences' is causing any update to > the locked row to hang. There is currently no running > database client process anymore (as I've restarted by server > a few times). > > My question is how do i kill the virtual transaction and > have the locks released? > > Thanks, > kam > -- > Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin