It doesn't look like it is locked, so it is carrying the delete out. However that doesn't mean, that there isn't any other locking occurring, or simply your disks are rather busy. Also, maybe the DB is rather big, what are the table sizes ? If you are using 8.4+, than do \dt+ to get an idea, otherwise SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size('table_name')); for each table. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general