In response to Roman <roman.janowczyk@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > I have problem with deadlocks and don't know why it happens. Below is > the log (postgres 9.0, debian): > > [11882]DETAIL: Process 11882 waits for ShareLock on transaction > 44324308; blocked by process 11884. > Process 11884 waits for ShareLock on transaction 44324307; > blocked by process 11882. > > Process 11882: SELECT * FROM teddy WHERE id IN > (112747007,112747008,112747011,112747013,112747015,112747016,112747020,112747021,112747022,112747024,112747025,112747028,112747030,112747032,112747034,112747035,112747038,112747043,112747044,112747045,112747050,112747052,112747053) > FOR UPDATE > > Process 11884: SELECT * FROM teddy WHERE id IN > (112747007,112747008,112747011,112747013,112747015,112747016,112747020,112747021,112747022,112747024,112747025,112747028,112747030,112747032,112747034,112747035,112747038,112747043,112747044,112747045,112747050,112747052,112747053) > FOR UPDATE My experience is that you have no guarantee what order SELECT FOR UPDATE will lock those rows in, thus the chance for deadlock is there. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general