On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Alessandro Gagliardi <alessandro@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm unable to make sense of pg_locks. The vast majority are > locktype='transactionid', mode='ExclusiveLock', granted=t. There are some > 'relation' locks with mode='RowExclusiveLock' and fewer with > 'AccessShareLock'. I have no idea what I should be looking for here. If you have lock contention, you'll see locks with granted='f', at least from time to time. Those are the ones you want to worry about. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance