"Scot Kreienkamp" <SKreien@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have successfully been doing text based backups and restores to a few > servers for reporting and testing purposes for a few years now. Due to > growth in the database I am switching to the native format backup and > using pg_restore to restore the database. The problem I've run into is > that at least one table is inaccessible after the restore finishes. Any > queries to that table just hang. Other tables seem to work ok. I have > no idea why. That's pretty bizarre, because one of the standard test procedures we use is to check that the SQL emitted by pg_restore from an -Fc backup is exactly the same as a text-mode dump. I have to think there's something else you did differently. Have you looked into pg_locks to see if there's a lock blocking your query? Have you tried comparing EXPLAIN results to see if the query plan is the same? (If not, maybe you forgot an ANALYZE step?) regards, tom lane [Scot Kreienkamp] It's definitely not locks. I'm exercising this on a sandbox server that I'm the only one that has access to it. And it's not a complex query by any means. It's a simple select query. Here's the query on our production server: psql -U postgres -d rms-prod -c "explain select * from soldtrx" -h rets5000 QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on soldtrx (cost=0.00..223945.51 rows=4833151 width=276) (1 row) Here's the query in the sandbox: psql -U postgres -d rms-prod -c "explain select * from soldtrx" QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on soldtrx (cost=0.00..223459.51 rows=4833151 width=278) (1 row) Another strange thing I just found when composing this email... If I set limit 5 on the query it works on the soldtrx table, but if I don't set a limit it just hangs. Thanks, Scot Kreienkamp skreien@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general