Edson Richter <edsonrichter@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > When I issue a > select max(id) from MyTableName > Postgres 9.2.7 is scaling a AccessExclusiveLock and causing large delays. Really? regression=# create table MyTableName ( regression(# id integer not null primary key, regression(# seqYear char(4), regression(# seqCount integer); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "mytablename_pkey" for table "mytablename" CREATE TABLE regression=# begin; BEGIN regression=# select max(id) from MyTableName; max ----- (1 row) regression=# select * from pg_locks; locktype | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid | virtualtransaction | pid | mode | granted | fastpath ------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+-------+-----------------+---------+---------- relation | 16384 | 11069 | | | | | | | | 2/120853 | 12432 | AccessShareLock | t | t relation | 16384 | 42142 | | | | | | | | 2/120853 | 12432 | AccessShareLock | t | t relation | 16384 | 42139 | | | | | | | | 2/120853 | 12432 | AccessShareLock | t | t virtualxid | | | | | 2/120853 | | | | | 2/120853 | 12432 | ExclusiveLock | t | t (4 rows) I see nothing higher than AccessShareLock on the table. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general