Tom Lane schrieb am 16.03.2016 um 14:45: >> 2016-03-12 13:51:29.305 CET [23912]: [2-1] user=arthur,db=prod,app=[unknown] DETAIL: Process 23912 waits for ShareLock on transaction; blocked by process 24342. >> Process 24342 waits for ShareLock on transaction 39632974; blocked by process 23912. >> Process 23912: UPDATE alpha SET some_flag = $1 WHERE (id = $2) >> Process 24342: INSERT INTO bravo (..., alpha_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10) > >> Can the foreign key between bravo and alpha play a role here? > > Absolutely. The insert will need a sharelock on whatever alpha row the > new bravo row references. Perhaps the newly-inserted row references some > row that 23912 previously updated (in the same transaction) while the > alpha row 23912 is currently trying to update was previously share-locked > by 24342 as a side effect of some previous insert? Hmm, I tried a very simple setup like this: create table master (id integer primary key, data text); create table child (id integer primary key, master_id integer not null references master on update set null); insert into master (id, data) values (1,'one'), (2,'two'), (3,'three'); then in one transaction I do: update master set data = 'bar' where id = 1; and in a second transaction I run: insert into child (id, master_id) values (1, 1); But the second transaction does not wait for the UPDATE to finish. So I guess it must be a bit more complicated then that. Thomas -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general