Hi guys, thank you for everything. Thanks for the queries, i ntocied the lock comes from here: 16389 | flashstart | 17409 | public | confs | 5646 | postgres | tuple | ExclusiveLock | t | 2 16389 | flashstart | 17409 | public | confs | 25659 | postgres | tuple | ExclusiveLock | f | 2 How can i see the origin of the problem? The query is very simple, it is an update query. Thank you again! F ________________________________________ Da: Melvin Davidson [melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx] Inviato: sabato 2 dicembre 2017 16.22 A: Job Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Oggetto: Re: Problems with triggers and table lock On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Job <Job@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Job@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Dear guys, we are using Postgresql 9.6.1 with Rubyrep in order to replicate some tables across two different, and remote, database servers. Since few weeks sometimes when inserting/updating some rows, the statement remains waiting and table seems locked for insert/updates. When i issue "select * from pg_stat_activity" no query is locked. I only obtain this error messages when i kill (i also try directly from bash with pgsql) with "ctrl+c" the locked insert: ERROR: canceling statement due to user request CONTEXT: while updating tuple (0,7) in relation "TABLE" SQL statement "UPDATE TABLE SET FIELD=NOW() WHERE FIELD IS NULL" PL/pgSQL function TRIGGER_NAME() line 3 at SQL statement How can i see what is locking my table/tables? Thank you! F >How can i see what is locking my table/tables? The attached query will give you all the necessary info. -- Melvin Davidson I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you. [http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/01.gif]