On 2018-Aug-28, wambacher@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > updates are done using a program, that is without my control: osm2pgsql. > > this program does everthing which is necessary including locking. and > it't running for years on many, many openstreetmap servers. > > because there was a crash before, it must be a data corruption problem, > not programming error. It's curious that you reply to my email and not respond to a single of the questions I posed, and instead answered questions I didn't ask. Perhaps you thought I asked them because I was bored? > > What is the definition of the table? It sounds like there's some GIS > > datatype -- Right? Are there any triggers or some other fun fact about > > this delete? What is the isolation level in effect when the delete > > runs? -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services