On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Sue Fitt wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first post to the performance list, I hope someone can help me. > > I'm setting up a table with 2 columns, both of which reference a column > in another table: > > CREATE TABLE headwords_core_lexemes ( > core_id int REFERENCES headwords_core(core_id), > lexeme_id int REFERENCES headwords_core(core_id), > ); > > Trouble is, it's taken 18 hours and counting! What precisely is taking the time, the create table itself? The only thing that the create should be waiting for as far as I know is a lock on headwords_core to add the triggers.