On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 02:29:31PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Brian Cox <brian.cox@xxxxxx> writes: > > select locktype,database,relation,virtualxid,virtualtransaction,pid,mode > > from pg_locks order by mode; > > If you hadn't left out the "granted" column we could be more sure, > but what it looks like to me is the DROP (pid 13842) is stuck behind > the <IDLE> transaction (pid 13833). In particular these two rows of > pg_locks look like a possible conflict: > > > relation | 26472437 | 26472508 | | 15/69749 > > | 13842 | AccessExclusiveLock > > > relation | 26472437 | 26472508 | | 11/131 > > | 13833 | AccessShareLock Would it be possible to write a stored procedure that would read pg_locks, and other relevant tables, and list what's blocking what in a simplified form? Tim. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance