Looking for some quidance or suggestions. PostgreSQL 9.1.2 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6), 64-bit $ uname -a Linux db1.hw.ateb.com 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 22 19:48:09 GMT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename | application_name | client_addr | client_hostname | client_port | backend_start | xact_start | query_start | waiting | current_query ------------+-----------+---------+------------+----------+------------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------+-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2034098332 | reporting | 30479 | 2033174751 | jbaucom | | 172.16.48.79 | | 1860 | 2012-01-10 10:55:03.784225-05 | 2012-01-10 10:56:28.726281-05 | 2012-01-10 10:56:28.738283-05 | f | s elect * from xxxxdata_vw where clientid = 164 and filldate > '01-01-2012' 2034098332 | reporting | 32697 | 10 | postgres | | | | | 2012-01-12 19:02:06.911721-05 | 2012-01-12 19:02:06.941263-05 | 2012-01-12 19:02:06.941263-05 | f | a utovacuum: VACUUM public.xxxxdata_201201 (2 rows) There are 3 db's in this cluster. These above two activities are essentially hitting the same underlying child table. xxxxdata_vw is on xxxxdata_parent which has xxxxdata_YYYYMM children. The select query has been apparently orphaned by it's originating terminal or script or application. pg_/cancel/terminate/_backend both return t, but the query does not cancel/terminate. sigterm via the OS has no effect either. I'm not sure whether the vacuum is active, and just slow, or if it's spinning, or...? I've taken no action toward the vacuum process. reporting=# select count(*) from xxxxdata_201201; count --------- 9170468 (1 row) There are approx 500K records inserted daily, so the table had approx 7.5M records when the query started. $ cat /proc/30479/wchan sk_stream_wait_memory Thanks, reid -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general